NOTES ON PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES OF MICHOACÁN, MEXICO, WITH A KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES CURRENTLY RECORDED FROM THIS STATE (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE)

Four species of phlebotomine sand flies were collected in the Municipality of Sahuayo, on the High Plateau of Michoacán, representing the first records of phlebotomine sand flies in this region. Two of them, Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vindicator (Dampf) and Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) texana (...

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Authors: Sergio IBÁÑEZ-BERNAL, Luis Arturo IBARRA JUÁREZ
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:México
Institution:Instituto de Ecología
Repository:Redalyc-INECOL
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Keyword:Biología
Fauna
sand flies
new records
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Summary:Four species of phlebotomine sand flies were collected in the Municipality of Sahuayo, on the High Plateau of Michoacán, representing the first records of phlebotomine sand flies in this region. Two of them, Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vindicator (Dampf) and Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) texana (Dampf), are new records for Michoacán. A total of ten phlebotomine species are now known to oc - cur in this state, and we present a key for their identification.