Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) carpenteri (Fairchild & Hertig 1953)

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 : 172

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scientific name	Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) carpenteri (Fairchild & Hertig 1953)
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Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) carpenteri (Fairchild & Hertig 1953) View in CoL

Phlebotomus carpenteri Fairchild & Hertig, 1953: 28 View in CoL (♂). Type locality: Panama, Canal Zone, Chiva Chiva.

Psychodopygus (Trichophoromyia) carpenteri (Fairchild & Hertig) : Forattini, 1971: 105; Forattini, 1973: 462.

Lutzomyia View in CoL species group Brasiliensis: Martins et al., 1978: 144.

Lutzomyia carpenteri View in CoL species group Aragoi (Fairchild & Hertig): Young & Duncan, 1994: 379 (references, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2002: 161 (references, diagnosis, distribution); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche records), Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2006: 22 (Yucatan records), May-Uc et al., 2011: 279 Quintana Roo records); Mickery-Pacheco et al., 2012: 401 (Chiapas records).

Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) carpenteri (Fairchild & Hertig) View in CoL : Galati, 2003: 42, 111, 112 (list, keys), Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 37 (Veracruz records).

Diagnosis. Male: gonostylus with internal spiniform seta isolated, implanted in apical third; ejaculatory filaments not longer than 5.0 times the length of apodeme + sperm pump, their tips hook-like; female: cibarium with about 12 horizontal teeth; spermathecal individual ducts striated, spermathecae globose, pear-shaped, with sessile capitulum (Galati 2003, Young & Duncan 1994).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 16-ii-2010, 1 ♂; 17-ii-2010, 3 ♂; 19-iii-2010, 1 ♂; 12-v-2010, 9 ♂; 13-v-2010, 1 ♂; 14-v-2010, 1 ♂; 17-v-2010, 1 #; 20-x-2010, 1 ♂; 18-xi-2010, 1 ♂; 15-iii- 2011, 1 ♂. Loma Bonita: 19-ii-2010, 1 ♂; 22-iii-2010, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 20-iv-2010, 2 ♀; 21-iv-2010, 2 ♀. San Antonio Buena Vista: 17-iv-2010, 3 ♀. Collected with CDC light traps.

Additional material collected with Magoon traps. Loma Bonita: 15-v-2010, 1 ♀. San Antonio Buenavista: 07- viii-2009, 4 ♀; 24-iii-2010, 1 ♂.

Distribution. MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan), BELIZE, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA (Galati 2003, Young & Duncan 1994).

Remarks. Most collections of this species were made with CDC light traps in disturbed areas such as acahual and coffee plantations. Some specimens were collected outside of the houses and very few were collected in the ever green forest. Only six specimens were collected with a Magoon trap. Female feeding habits are unknown but they are not anthropophilic.