The phlebotomine sand fly
Lutzomyia velezi
sp.nov.
was described and illustrated from male specimens collected by light trap in the Reserva Natural Cañon del Río Claro in the Central Cordillera
of the Colombian Andes. The new species belongs to the series
sanguinaria of the subgenus
Helcocyrtomyia, which is represented in
Colombia by
Lutzomyia cirrita
,
Lutzomyia hartmanni
,
Lutzomyia sanguinaria
,
Lutzomyia scorzai
,
Lutzomyia
sp. of Pichindé and
Lutzomyia tortura
.
The new species can be differentiated from others of the subgenus by the combination of the following characteristics: long antennal ascoids,
reaching level of the papilla, coxite with a single basal seta and fifth palpomere longer than or equal to the sum of the lengths of the third
and fourth palpomeres.
