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Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-25
Page range: 251–297
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Descriptions of the immature stages of Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera) (Diptera: Psychodidae), with notes on morphology and chaetotaxy nomenclature

Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Ave. Universidad s/n, Apartado Postal 109–F, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, 66451 Nuevo León, México
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
juvenile Diptera egg-shell ultrastructure larva pupa sand flies Phlebotominae Neotropical region Mexico

Abstract

All immature stages of the phlebotomine sandfly Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera) [= Lutzomyia (Coromyia) beltrani, sensu Young & Duncan 1994] are described and illustrated based on reared specimens from founder females collected from the type-locality in Veracruz, Mexico. These represent the first description of egg, and the third of larva instars and pupa of a species of the subgenus Coromyia, only preceded by Da. vespertilionis (Fairchild & Hertig) and Da. isovespertilionis (Fairchild & Hertig). Some morphological nomenclature clarifications are suggested toward the standardization of immature descriptions, which, in turn, would allow detection of homologies for future integration of these developmental stages characters into a phylogenetic analyses.