1961•Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRequires access
Notes on the Phlebotomus of Panama XVI (Diptera, Psychodidae) Descriptions of New and Little-Known Species from Panama and Central America1
G. B. Fairchild, Marshall Hertig
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Abstract
New species described and illustrated are Phlebotomusodax, P.oresbius, P.socculus (male only), P.dasymerus, P.cratifer (female not distinguished from P. unduhitus, whose males have not been found in Panama), P.hansoni, P.reburrus, P.pius, and P.botellus (female only). P. oresbius, P. pius, and P. botellus are known only from Chiriqui Province; P. hansoni occurs in Costa Rica, and P. cratifer in Honduras and Chiapas, in addition to Panama. P. marajoensis Damasceno and Causey is redescribed from Panamanian material, and its occurrence in Venezuela, Trinidad, and Colombia is recorded. The previously unknown female of P. volcancnsis F. & H. is described; and redescriptions are given of both sexes of P. serranus Damasceno and Arouck (=P. guayasi Rodriguez, new synonymy), which is here reported from Panama and north to Chiapas.