Notes on the sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The authors report the catching of 13 different species at the Aparados da Serra National Park and at the Turvo Park in the municipalities of Cambara do Sul and Tenente Portela, repectively, both in the State of Rio Grande do Sul where those species were practically unknown.

Taxonomic studies of the subgenus Helcocyrtomya: I. Series Oswaldoi (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

Attempting to review the species of sandflies in the series oswaldoi of the subgenus Helcocyrtomyia, we examined 7650 specimens collected in different Brazilian regions during 35 years and deposited in the collection of the Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG. As main results of this study new species of Helcocyrtomyia were described (Lutzomya pusilla and Lutzomya capixaba), in addition to the females of Lutzomyia ferreirana and Lutzomyia peresi; which had been described only by the males. The geographic distribution of the material examined is also presented

Redescriçäo do macho e descriçäo da fêmea de Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) Ferreirana (Barretto, Martins & Pellegrino, 1958) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) / Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) ferreirana (Barretto, Martins & Pellegrino, 1958): male redescription and female description (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

Os autores após examinarem um grande número de exemplares pertencentes ao grupo dos flebotomíneos de cinco espinhos do subgênero Helcocyrtomyia Barretto, 1962, verificaram a correlaçäo dos sexos de Lutzomyia ferreirana que até o presente momento näo estava definida