The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Ja National Park (Amazonas, Brazil) with description of two new species of Psychodinae.
Zootaxa
; 5032(2): 275-282, 2021 Sep 07.
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The Ja National Park, located in the Amazon, is the largest National Park of Brazil and still its insect fauna is barely known. Herein we describe two new species of Psychodinae, Alepia iy sp. nov. and Parasetomima timmirima sp. nov., and report 19 other species of Psychodidae, subfamilies Phlebotominae, Psychodinae and Trichomyiinae collected from this Conservation Unit. Micrommatos Quate Brown, represented by M. stephaniae Quate Brown, and Platyplastinx culmosus Quate Brown are recorded for the first time for Brazil. Among the collected phlebotomine sand fly species, three species have previously been implicated in transmission of Leishmania: Nyssomyia anduzei (Rozeboom), Psychodopygus ayrozai (Barretto Coutinho) and Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira).
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Asunto principal:
Psychodidae
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Leishmania
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
Revista:
Zootaxa
Año:
2021
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Nueva Zelanda