Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva 1912)

(Idem sensu Galati 2003 and Young and Duncan 1994)

Phlebotomus longipalpis Lutz and Neiva 1912, 89 (male, female). Type-locality: Brazil, Peryassú. Phlebotomus otamae Núñez-Tovar 1924, 44 (male). Type-locality: Venezuela, Carabobo, Otama island. Phlebotomus almazani Galliard 1934, 193 (female). Type-locality: Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá.

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva): Young and Duncan 1994, 56 (references, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal 1999, 94 (diagnosis, references, Mexican distribution); Galati 2003, 36, 91, 92 (list, keys). Lutzomyia longipalpis has been associated with the transmission of Leishmania chagasi Cunha and Chagas, the causal agent of visceral leishmaniasis. In Mexico, this species was known from localities of the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Quintana Roo and Yucatán (Ibáñez-Bernal 1999). This is the first record of the species in Veracruz.

Material examined. Mexico: Veracruz, Municipality of Apazapan, Apazapan, 29-06-2006, on wall under construction, Brig. Ent. V, col., 4 males, 4 females (slide mounted IEXA); Municipality of Actopan, Soyocuautla, 7- 02-2008, mangal, CDC trap, Brig. Ent. V, col., 2 females; Municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Chavarillo, 14-06- 2008, CDC light trap, Brig. Ent. V, col., 1 female.