Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) shannoni ( Dyar 1929 )

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Suárez-Landa, Teresa & Mendoza, Fredy, 2011, An updated checklist of the phlebotomine sand flies of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), Zootaxa 2928, pp. 29-40 : 35

Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) shannoni ( Dyar 1929)

(= Lutzomyia shannoni ( Dyar 1929) sensu Young and Duncan 1994 )

Phlebotomus shannoni Dyar 1929 , 121 (male). Type-locality: Panama, Canal Zone. Additional references: Fairchild and Hertig 1950, 524 (male, female).

Phlebotomus limai Fonseca 1935 , 61 (female). Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo.

Phlebotomus bigeniculatus Floch and Abonnenc 1941b , 3 (male, female). Type-locality: French Guyenne, Cayenne.

Phlebotomus microcephalus Barretto and Duret 1953 , 34 (male). Type-locality: Argentina, Chaco, Presidencia Roca.

Phlebotomus pifanoi Ortiz 1972 , 21 (male) Type-locality: Venezuela: Amazonas, Sierra Parima.

Lutzomyia (Psathyromyia) shannoni (Dyar) : Young and Duncan 1994, 349 (references, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal 2002, 152 (diagnosis, distribution).

Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) shannoni (Dyar) : Galati 2003, 43, 115, 116 (list, keys).

As in the case of Lutzomyia cruciata , Ps. shannoni has been present in sites where human cutaneous leishmaniasis has been detected in Mexico, and Sánchez-García et al. (2010) found it naturally infected with Leishmania mexicana in Quintana Roo. Ibáñez-Bernal (2002) recorded this species in Veracruz, specifically from San Pedro Mezcalapa (Municipality of Minatitlán), Cosoleacaque (Municipality of Cosoleacaque), and from Nigromante (Municipality of Playa Vicente). Later, Ibáñez-Bernal et al. (2006) found this species in El Zapotal (Municipality of Colipa), and El Tacahuite (Municipality of Juchique de Ferrer). Additionally, Godinez-Alvarez and Ibáñez-Bernal (2010) reported it for El Limón and Emiliano Zapata (Municipality of Ixhuatlán del Sureste), El Zapotal (Municipality of Minatitlán) and Las Limas (Municipality of Cotaxtla). The following are new municipality records.

Material examined. Mexico: Veracruz, Municipality of San Pedro Soteapan, San Pedro Soteapan, 2-08-1995, tree hole, C. Castañeda col., 2 males; Buena Vista, 3-09-2008, tree hole, Urbano Ortiz, col., 14 males, 9 females, Lenin Vázquez, col., 10 males, 1 female; 13-05-2010, tree hole, M Piñón, Beatriz del C., Tomás Gómez, cols., 4 males, 3 females; Tulín, 13-05-2010, tree hole, V. Mayo and Samuel Pav., cols., 8 males, 1 female; Municipality of Tuxpan, Nautla, 7-12-2009, 17-22°C, 91% HR, UV light trap, Brig. Entomol II, 2 males; Municipality of Xalapa, Chiltoyac, 19-05-2010, CDC light trap, coffee plantation, Brig. Ent. V, cols., 2 males; Municipality of Minatitlán, Buena Vista, 13-05-2010, tree trunks, Piñón et al., col., 4 males, 3females.