Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) serrana (Damasceno & Arouck, 1949)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Muñoz, José, Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A., Pech-May, Agelica & Marina, Carlos F., 2015, Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name, Zootaxa 3994 (2), pp. 151-186 : 163-164

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) serrana (Damasceno & Arouck, 1949) (series serrana )

Flebotomus serranus Damasceno & Arouck, 1949: 843 (♂). Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Serra de Piriabas.

Phlebotomus guayasi Rodríguez, 1956: 76 (♂, ♀). Type locality: Ecuador, Guayas. Additional references: Fairchild & Hertig, 1961: 237 (as synonym of Ph. serranus ).

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck) (species-group Verrucarum): Young & Duncan, 1994: 177 (references, keys, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal, 1999: 103 (diagnosis, references, distribution).

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) serrana (Damasceno & Arouck) : Galati, 2003: 38, 99, 100 (list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 34 (Veracruz records).

Diagnosis. Antennal flagellomeres with simple ascoids. Palpal segment 5, as long as or longer than the sum of segments 3+4. Male: Gonocoxite with basal tuft of stout simple, apically curved setae, in transversal row; gonostylus with three spiniform setae of which the apical and preapical one are robust, and the median one at middle is slender; additionally there is a preapical delicate seta; paramere simple broad with short setae on distal one-half; Female: Cibarium with four horizontal teeth, a row of about 8 vertical teeth and few lateral teeth in compact group; Spermatheca pyriform, with a globular apical portion well differentiated from basal annuli; spermathecal common duct longer than 3.0 times the length of spermatheca, individual ducts similar to spermatheca length ( Young & Duncan 1994).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 14-i-2010, 4 ♀; 20-iv-2010, 1 ♀; 13-v-2010, 1 ♀; 24-v-2011, 1 ♂; 20-i-2011, 2 ♀; 09-ii-2011, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita, 15-i-2010, 1 ♀; 19-ii-2010, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 20-iii- 2010, 2 ♀; 14-v-2010, 1 ♀; 16-v-2010, 1 ♀; 24-x-2010, 1 ♀. San Antonio, 11-vi-2010, 1 ♀; 19-v-2010, 1 ♀. Specimens collected with CDC light traps.

Distribution. MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Nayarit, Veracruz) (Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 2011), BELIZE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, FRENCH GUYANA, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, PERU, BOLIVIA ( Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Remarks. This species was collected with CDC light traps mainly in ever green forest and coffee plantations surrounded by jungle.