Dampfomyia (Dampfomyia) permira (Fairchild & Hertig, 1956)

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 : 168-170

Dampfomyia (Dampfomyia) permira (Fairchild & Hertig, 1956)

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Phlebotomus permirus Fairchild & Hertig, 1956: 312 (♀). Type locality: Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque. Additional references: Lewis & Garnham, 1959: 83 (♂).

Phlebotomus tikalensis De León, 1971 : 190 (♂). Type locality: Guatemala, Petén, Dos Lagunas. Additional references: Young & Duncan, 1994: 252 (synonym with Lu. permira ).

Lutzomyia (Dampfomyia) permira (Fairchild & Hertig) : Young & Duncan, 1994: 252 (references, taxonomy, distribution). Additional references: Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche records), May-Uc et al., 2011: 279 (Quintana Roo records).

Dampfomyia (Dampfomyia) permira (Fairchild & Hertig) : Galati, 2003: 39, 102 (list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 36 (Veracruz records).

Diagnosis. Male: Gonocoxite about 2.0 times as long as broad, gonostylus with two strong, one thin spiniform setae and a preapical small setae; paramere with a long slender ventral arm and without dorsal triangular projection (nor considering the terminalia inversion); spermal duct tips strongly enlarged. Female: spermathecae with large rounded protuberances at base and finger-like vesicles at apex, almost lacking individual ducts ( Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 05-ix-2009, 1 ♂; 20-iv-2010, 1 ♀; 13-v-2010, 2 ♀; 17-xi-2010, 2 ♀; 01-xii-2010, 1 ♂; 19-i-2011, 2 ♀; 20-i-2011, 3 ♀; 08-ii-2011, 2 ♀; 10-ii-2011, 2 ♀. Loma Bonita, 16-i-2010, 1 ♀; 19-iii-2010, 1 ♀; 20-iii-2010, 3 ♀; 22-iv-2010, 1 ♀; 14-v-2010, 1 ♀; 16-v-2010, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 23-x-2010, 1 ♀; 21-i-2011, 1 ♀; 22-i-2011, 2 ♀; 18-iii-2011, 2 ♀; 19-iii-2011, 2 ♀; 20-iii-2011, 2 ♀; 08-vi-2011, 1 ♂; 20-vii-2011, 1 ♀. Collected with CDC light traps.

Additional material collected with Magoon traps. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 16-vi-2009, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita, 21-iv-2010, 1♀.

Distribution. MEXICO (Chiapas, Veracruz) (Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 2011), GUATEMALA, BELIZE (Ibáñez- Bernal 2001, Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Remarks. The male of Da. permira is easely to separate from other species of Dampfomyia by the characteristic morphology of the parameres. This is not the case for females, as Da. leohidalgoi ( Ibáñez-Bernal, Hernández-Xoliot & Mendoza, 2006) is very similar, only differentiated by the relative length of the spermathecal ducts. Da. permira has spermathecal projections smaller and finger-like, similar to those of Da. leohidalgoi, but the individual ducts of Da. permira are comparatively short and broad. Females apparently feed on the blood of small mammals.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Psychodopygus bispinosus (Fairchild & Hertig, 1951), male. 12) Head, frontal view; 13) Flagellomere 2 and 3; 14) Wing; 15) Terminalia, lateral view. Scales in millimeters.

FIGURES 16 – 20. Psychodopygus corossoniensis (LePont & Pajot, 1978), male. 16) Head, frontal view; 17) Flagellomere 2; 18) Wing; 19) Paramere; 20) Terminalia, lateral view. Scales in millimeters.