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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 105, No. 3, 2010, pp. 336-340
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Bioline Code: oc10058
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 105, No. 3, 2010, pp. 336-340
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Description of a new phlebotomine species, Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from a cave in the state of Tocantins Brazil
Carvalho, Gustavo Mayr de Lima; Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha; Sanguinette, Cristiani de Castilho & Filho, José Dilermando Andrade
Abstract
As inhabitants of forested areas, caves and anthropic environments, the phlebotomines deserve special attention because some species are
able to transmit trypanosomatids, bacteria and viruses to vertebrates. Phlebotomines are also a nuisance because they cause painful bites,
which may ultimately produce allergic manifestations. The lack of information about the presence and behaviours of sand flies in caves has
aroused the curiosity of researchers for a long time. In the present paper, we describe a new species of sand fly that was captured in a
cave located in the municipal district of Arraias in the southeastern region of the state of Tocantins. The morphological features of this
new species permit it to be included in the alphabetica group of the Martinsmyia genus.
Keywords
Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov., sand fly, cave, Tocantins
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