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Description of a new species, Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp., a phlebotomine fossil from Dominican Republic amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
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ANDRADE FILHO, José Dilermando et al. Description of a new species, Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp., a phlebotomine fossil from Dominican Republic amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Parasite & Vectors, v. 2, n. 25, p. 1-4, May 2009.
1756-3305
10.1186/1756-3305-2-25
Autor
Andrade Filho, José Dilermando
Meira, Paula Cavalcante Lamy Serra E.
Sanguinette, Cristiani de Castilho
Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha
Resumen
Phlebotomine sandflies are the vectors of etiological agents of leishmaniases in several areas of the world. In the Neotropical Region, the biodiversity of these insects is more than other regions, probably due the long evolutionary period of this group. Miocene amber from Dominican Republic, currently, has a record of 14 extinct species of Phlebotomine sandflies.