Sergentomyia (Neophlebotomus) gemmea Lewis & Jeffery, 1978

Jambulingam, P., Srinivasan, R. & Gopalakrishnan, S., 2022, A report on occurrence of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and two new country records from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Union territory of India, Zootaxa 5093 (2), pp. 241-246 : 244

Sergentomyia (Neophlebotomus) gemmea Lewis & Jeffery

Se. (Neo.) gemmea is a new country record for India. Holotype female was recorded from the Gunong Besout Forest Reserve, West Malaysia ( Knudsen et al. 1979). Paratypes were collected from swampy forest canopy, 8.5 m above ground. This species was also reported from Thailand ( Apiwathnasorn et al. 1989; Polseela et al. 2011; Sukra et al. 2012). During the survey, 52 specimens (19 males and 33 females) of Se. (Neo.) gemmea were collected. Species identification was confirmed based on the anatomical features of cibarium and spermathecae of females and cibarium and genitalia of male specimens. Distribution of Se. (Neo.) gemmea with date of collection in Andaman Islands is as follows: Chowldary (11°37” N and 92°39” E) in human dwelling (2 male and 4 female), V-24-2018; Nimbutala (12°30” N and 92°51” E, in tree hole (2 female), V-28-2018; Dhasarathpur (12°29” N and 92°54” E) in human dwelling (9 male and 11 female) and outdoor bushes (3 female), V-30-2018; Ramnagar (13°4” N 93°1 ” E) in human dwelling (2 male, 3 female), V-31-2018; Radha krishnan nagar (13°14” N and 92°59” E) in human dwelling (4 male and female 7), V-31-2018; Dobidare (12°54” N and 92°53” E) in human dwelling (2 male and 3 female), VI-02-2018. The collection localities were adjacent to swampy areas.