| Abstrakt: |
An entomological survey was conducted in several localities of Rondônia State, and new records were obtained for seven sand fly species: Evandromyia apurinanShimabukuro, Figueira & Silva, 2013, Evandromyia carmelinoi(Ryan, Fraiha, Lainson & Shaw, 1986), Micropygomyia echinatopharynxAndrade-Filho, Galati, Andrade & Falcão, 2004, Nyssomyia urbinattiiGalati & Galvis, 2012, Pintomyia duckeiOliveira, Alencar & Freitas, 2018, Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi(Le Pont, Matias, Martinez & Dujardin, 2004), and Sciopemyia vattierae(Le Pont & Desjeux, 1992). Herein, we also describe the female of Pintomyia fiocruziPereira Júnior, Pessoa, Marivalva & Medeiros, 2019. The female has spermathecae with a detached apical ring similar to the spermathecae of Pintomyia serrana(Damasceno & Arouck, 1949), Pintomyia odax(Fairchild & Hertig, 1961), Pintomyia ottolinai(Ortiz & Scorza, 1963), and Pintomyia robusta(Galati, Cáceres & Le Pont, 1995). Here, we provide characters to separate Pi. fiocruzifrom Pi. serranaand Pi. odax. Pintomyia ottolinaihas a trans-Andean distribution and Pi. robustahas not been found in Brazil and in our studies, we associated the females found in this study with Pi. fiocruzimales found at the same collection sites. Our findings highlight the importance of entomological fauna surveys and demonstrate the need for taxonomists to study species diversity in Rondônia. This study increases the number of sand fly species recorded in Rondônia to 143. |
