Micropygomyia Barretto, 1962

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 : 155-156

Micropygomyia Barretto, 1962

Lutzomyia (Micropygomyia) Barretto, 1962: 95 (as subgenus). Type species: Phlebotomus cayennensis Floch & Abonnenc. Additional references: Forattini, 1971a: 100 (in part); Forattini, 1973: 335 (in part); Martins et al., 1978: 60 (in part); Young & Duncan, 1994: 633 (revision of species); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2003: 114 (Mexican species).

Lutzomyia species group cayennensis: Theodor, 1965: 186 ; Lewis et al., 1977: 325.

Lutzomyia subgenus Coromyia Barretto: Forattini, 1971a: 101; Forattini, 1973: 292 (in part).

Lutzomyia subgenus Trichopygomyia Barretto : Forattini, 1971a: 101; Forattini, 1973: 292 (in part).

Lutzomyia species group atroclavata: Martins et al., 1978: 129 (in part).

Lutzomyia subgenus Helcocyrtomyia Barretto: Williams, 1991: 535 (in part).

Micropygomyia Barretto : Artemiev, 1991: 74 (in part, as a genus); Galati, 1995: 136; Galati, 2003: 32 (listed).

Diagnosis. Antenna with simple nearly always short ascoids. Labial sclerotized furca present. Anterior area of katepisternum nude and without postalar seta. Male gonostylus with one or two apical spiniform setae and one internal spiniform seta present or absent, preapical setae absent; paramere simple, without dorsal protuberance or projection. Female spermathecal common duct shorter than individual spermathecal ducts ( Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Remarks. Genus Micropygomyia as defined includes the subgenera Mi. (Silvamyia) Galati, 1995, Mi. ( Sauromyia ) Artemiev, 1991, Mi. (Coquilletimyia) Galati, 1995 and Mi. ( Micropygomyia ) s. str. Barretto, 1962 ( Galati 2003) with about 45 species. Species of these subgenera, except Mi. (Silvamyia), have been recorded in Mexico.