RECORDS REVISION OFLUTZOMYIA INTERMEDIA COMPLEX (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE, PHLEBOTOMINAE) Carlos Brisola Marcondes' Ana Leuch LozoveP ABSTRACT RECORDS REVISION OFLUTZOMYIA INTERMEDIA COMPLEX (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE, PHLEBOTOMINAE). The Lutzomyia intermedia complex, L. intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and L. neivai (Pinto, 1926), is analyzed, based on specimens from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, and in the related publications. Bibliographical references lo Phlebotomus intermédias not referring to theL. intermedia complex also are listed and commented. KEYWORDS. Lutzomyia intermedia, L. neivai. distribution, synonymy, Phlebotominae. INTRODUCTION Phlebotomine sandflies oiihs-Lutzomyia intermedia complex have been incriminated as vectors of parasites causing cutaneous leishmaniasis (Romana & Abalos, 1 949; Rangel; Souza et al., 1984; Deane & Grimaldi Jr, 1985; Gomes & Galati, 1987; Gomes; Coutinho et al., 1990; Säo-Thiago & Guida, 1990). After the concise description oi Lutzomyia intennediahy Lutz & Neiva (1912), in the genus Phlebotomus, the nameP. intermedius became widely used by several authors, referring to different insects. Lutzomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) was described in Phlebotomus, and its synonymy with L. intermedia was proposed by Dyar (1929). Marcondes ( 1 996), based on the Observation of morphological differences between females of both entities, removedL. neivai from the synonymy of L. intermedia. The L. intermedia complex is currently composed byL. intermedia sensu stricto andL. neivai. The specific distinction of females is based mostly on the size, number of rings and shape 1 . Depto de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900 Flonanópolis, SC, Brasil, {
[email protected]) 2. Depto de Patologia Básica. Setorde Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Centro Politécnico, C. P. 19031, CEP-81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Porto Alegre, (87): 157-170, 18 de novembro de 1999
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