Open AccessPHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES
Author(s) -
LEWIS D. J.,
DYCE A. L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01694.x
Subject(s) - psychodidae , biology , taxonomy (biology) , taxon , zoology , affinities , ecology , leishmaniasis , biochemistry , immunology
The phlebotomine species known previously from Indonesia are listed. In a collection of 447 flies from 4 of the Lesser Sunda Islands, 7 taxa are recognized, including 2 described as new. Four of them, Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti, Sergentomyia barraudi (Sinton), S. indica (Theodor) and S. nicnic (Banks), have Oriental affinities; 2, S. queenslandi Hill [ssp. meridionalis (Tonnoir)] and S. timorica sp. n., represent an Australasian element; and the affinity of S. balica sp. n. remains uncertain. The taxonomy and the structure of the mouth‐parts in relation to probable feeding habits of these species are discussed.