Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Hernández-Xoliot, Ruth A. & Mendoza, Fredy, 2006, Collections of Bruchomyiinae and Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the north­central portion of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1270, pp. 19-33 : 25-26

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck)

Flebotomus serranus Damasceno and Arouck, 1949: 843 (male description). Type­locality: Serra da Pifiabas, Pará, Brazil

Syn. Phlebotomus guayasi Rodríguez, 1956: 76 (male, female). Type­locality: Guayas, Ecuador; Fairchild and Hertig 1961: 237 (as synonym of P. serranus )

Lutzomyia serrana (Damasceno and Arouck) : Young and Duncan, 1994: 177 (taxonomic history, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez­Bernal 1999: 103 (taxonomy, distribution in Mexico)

This species was known in Mexico only from the locality of Palenque (Chiapas), and Tepozal (Nayarit) ( Ibáñez­Bernal 1999). This is the first record in the state of Veracruz.

This species tends to feed on human blood but was not abundant in the collections.

Material examined. 1 male, 5 females. Mexico, Veracruz: Municipality of Juchique de Ferrer, El Tacahuite, 523 m a.s.l., April 13, 2005, light trap, Bernabé and Guevara, colls. 2 females; April 28, 2006, human bait, Bernabé and Guevara, colls. 2 females; Municipality of Colipa, El Zapotal, February 14, 2006, Mendoza, Bernabé and Guevara, colls., attracted to human, 1 female; refuge between tree roots, 1 male.