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The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Ja National Park (Amazonas, Brazil) with description of two new species of Psychodinae.

Authors :
Cordeiro DP
Silva DE Aquino KK
Alves VR
Source :
Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2021 Sep 07; Vol. 5032 (2), pp. 275-282. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 07.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The Ja National Park, located in the Amazon, is the largest National Park of Brazil and still its insect fauna is barely known. Herein we describe two new species of Psychodinae, Alepia iy sp. nov. and Parasetomima timmirima sp. nov., and report 19 other species of Psychodidae, subfamilies Phlebotominae, Psychodinae and Trichomyiinae collected from this Conservation Unit. Micrommatos Quate Brown, represented by M. stephaniae Quate Brown, and Platyplastinx culmosus Quate Brown are recorded for the first time for Brazil. Among the collected phlebotomine sand fly species, three species have previously been implicated in transmission of Leishmania: Nyssomyia anduzei (Rozeboom), Psychodopygus ayrozai (Barretto Coutinho) and Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1175-5334
Volume :
5032
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Zootaxa
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34811128
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.8