Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi Neveu-Lemaire, 1906 (Scopoli, 1786)

Rioux, Jean-Antoine, Gramiccia, Marina, Léger, Nicole, Desjeux, Philippe & Depaquit, Jérôme, 2020, Leishmaniasis and phlebotomine sand flies in Oman Sultanate, Parasite (Paris, France) 27 (68), pp. 1-13 : 6

Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi Neveu-Lemaire, 1906

The male is characterised by the presence of four to seven spines at the end of the surstyle. The gonocoxite has about ten setae in its distal half, and usually two ones in its proximal part. The upper part of the paramere is slightly shorter than the other ones and is covered with setae throughout its length. The female is identified by its annealed spermathecae with sessile head. Its pharyngeal armature does not exhibit comb-like or lateral teeth. Ascoids sometimes reach the next articulation.

Its distribution is south of the Sahara to the Equator in Africa , and extends into the Arabian Peninsula. In Oman, the species is absent from Dhofar and seems rare in Sharqiyah , where we captured only two specimens .

This species constitutes in some foci a good alternative to L. major transmission by Ph. papatasi [ 15].