Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Hernández-Xoliot, Ruth A. & Mendoza, Fredy, 2006, Collections of Bruchomyiinae and Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the north­central portion of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1270, pp. 19-33 : 25-26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173243

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6260950

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E6953B-FFD0-FFD6-8D0A-FCE6FBD80FB2

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck)
status

 

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck) View in CoL

Flebotomus serranus Damasceno and Arouck, 1949: 843 View in CoL (male description). Type­locality: Serra da Pifiabas, Pará, Brazil

Syn. Phlebotomus guayasi Rodríguez, 1956: 76 View in CoL (male, female). Type­locality: Guayas, Ecuador; Fairchild and Hertig 1961: 237 (as synonym of P. serranus )

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno and Arouck) View in CoL : Young and Duncan, 1994: 177 (taxonomic history, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez­Bernal 1999: 103 (taxonomy, distribution in Mexico)

This species was known in Mexico only from the locality of Palenque (Chiapas), and Tepozal (Nayarit) ( Ibáñez­Bernal 1999). This is the first record in the state of Veracruz.

This species tends to feed on human blood but was not abundant in the collections.

Material examined. 1 male, 5 females. Mexico, Veracruz: Municipality of Juchique de Ferrer, El Tacahuite, 523 m a.s.l., April 13, 2005, light trap, Bernabé and Guevara, colls. 2 females; April 28, 2006, human bait, Bernabé and Guevara, colls. 2 females; Municipality of Colipa, El Zapotal, February 14, 2006, Mendoza, Bernabé and Guevara, colls., attracted to human, 1 female; refuge between tree roots, 1 male.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Psychodidae

Genus

Lutzomyia

Loc

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Hernández-Xoliot, Ruth A. & Mendoza, Fredy 2006
2006
Loc

Lutzomyia serrana

Ibanez-Bernal 1999: 103
Young 1994: 177
1994
Loc

Flebotomus serranus

Damasceno 1949: 843
1949
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