Brumptomyia mesai Sherlock, 1962

Brumptomyia mesai Sherlock, 1962: 332 (♂). Type locality: Colombia, Santander, San Vicente de Chucuri. Additional references: Williams, 1970b: 331; Young, 1975: 17, 20 (keys, differences with Br. galindoi); Ibáñez-Bernal, 1999: 70, Figs. 6–20 (recovered from its synonymy with Br. galindoi); Galati, 2003: 31 (listed); Bejarano et al., 2007: 990 (record from Colombia); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 31 (Veracruz record); May-Uc et al., 2011: 279 (Quintana Roo records). Phlebotomus galindoi Fairchild & Hertig, 1947a: Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1953b: 311; Fairchild & Hertig, 1959: 122.

Phlebotomus (Brumptomyia) galindoi Fairchild & Hertig: Díaz-Nájera, 1963: 193, (♂; ♀ description).

Brumptomyia galindoi (Fairchild & Hertig): Fraiha et al., 1970: 468 (synonymy of Br. mesai with Br. galindoi); Forattini, 1973: 528; Martins et al., 1978: 14 (at least the Mexican record); Young, 1979: 36 (revision); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche records), Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2006: 22 (Yucatán records).

Diagnosis. Male: paramere simple and thin; gonocoxite with basal tuft of foliaceous setae arising from a prominent tubercle, and a longitudinal row of 5 or 6 long setae on internal surface (Fairchild & Hertig 1947a, Ibáñez-Bernal 1999).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 01-ix-2009, 1 ♂; 12-v-2010, 12 ♂; 13-v-2010, 4 ♂; 20-x-2010, 1 ♂; 10-ii-2011, 1 ♂; 15-iii-2011, 1 ♂. Loma Bonita, 02-ix-2009, 1 ♂; 20-x-2009, 1♂; 22-x-2009, 1 ♂; 08-xii-2009, 1 ♂; 9-xii-2009, 1 ♂; 16-v-2010, 1 ♂; 21-xi-2010, 1 ♂; 12-ii-2011, 1 ♂. All collected with CDC light traps.

Distribution. MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz), BELIZE, HONDURAS, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PARAGUAY (Young 1979; Galati 2003).

Remarks. It remains necessary to reevaluate the geographic distribution of Br. galindoi and Br. mesai . This species, as with others in Brumptomyia, is not anthropophilous and is thought to be associated with armadillo burrows.