Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza, 1963

Phlebotomus (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza, 1963: 344 . Type species: Phlebotomus serranus Damasceno & Causey, by original designation.

Lutzomyia species group verrucarum: Theodor, 1965: 183 (defined); Lewis et al., 1977: 325; Martins et al., 1978: 124 (in part, defined); Feliciangeli et al., 1992: 729; Young & Duncan, 1994: 171.

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) (in part): Forattini, 1973: 212.

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza: Galati, 1995: 137; Galati, 2003: 37.

Diagnosis. Pi. (Pifanomyia) includes species which differs from Pi. ( Pintomyia) by the absence of spines on hind femur and the non-sclerotized spermathecal individual ducts at base of spermathecae (Galati 2003).

Remarks. Galati (2003) recognized seven series: pacae Galati, 1995, monticola Artemiev, 1991, pia Galati, 1995, verrucarum Fairchild, 1955, evansi Galati, 1995, serrana Barretto, 1962, and townsendi Galati, 1995, with about 50 species (Galati 2003), nearly all distributed in South America, but with series serrana and evansi including species recorded in Mexico.