Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) Vargas, 1978

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Muñoz, José, Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A., Pech-May, Agelica & Marina, Carlos F., 2015, Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name, Zootaxa 3994 (2), pp. 151-186 : 171

Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) Vargas, 1978

Lutzomyia species group Aragoi Theodor, 1965: 185 ; Lewis et al., 1977: 325; Young & Duncan, 1994: 375.

Lutzomyia species group Brasiliensis Martins et al., 1978: 140 (in part).

Lutzomyia (Forattiniella) Vargas, 1978: 89 (in part). Type species: Flebotomus lutzianus Costa Lima, 1932, by original designation.

Psathyromyia (Oophoromyia) Artemiev, 1991: 73 . Type species: Flebotomus aragoi Costa Lima, 1932, by original desigation.

Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) Vargas: Galati, 1995: 137 ( Oophoromyia as synonym); Galati, 2003: 42 (list of species).

Diagnosis. Flagellomere 1 and/or 2, and/or 3 lacking simple setae; ascoids with short but distinct proximal spurs; palpal segment 5 as long as 3+4. Male: usually with Newstead´s sensilla on palpal segment 2; phallic guide as long as or longer than 2.0 times its basal width; gonocoxite with diffuse short persistent setae or without them; gonostylus with four spiniform setae and no preapical fine seta; paramere usually with dorsal hump; lateral lobes extending to or beyond the level of gonocoxite apex. Female: cibarium with 4 to 12 or more horizontal teeth, vertical teeth in rows; pharynx unarmed; palpal segment 2 with Newstead sensillae; spermathecae nearly spherical or oval without incipient annulations or cylindrical with annulations; individual spermathecal ducts longer than common duct (Galati 2003; Young & Duncan 1994).

Remarks. This subgenus comprises 14 species widely distributed in the Neotropics with one species reaching into the United States. Two species are known in Mexico both recorded in this work.