First record of the genus Pintomyia Costa Lima, 1932 (Diptera Phlebotominae) in the northwest of Argentina

FUENZALIDA AD; DIRENI MANCINI JM; SALOMON OD; QUINTANA MG

Simposio; VIII International Symposium on Phlebotominae Sandflies; 2014

Currently Argentina present 30 species which to 13 genus. Whithin genus Pintomyia seven species have been registered in four provinces of the east region of the country Pintomyia bianchigalatiae (Andrade-Filho, Aguiar, Dias & Falcão, 1999), Pi. damascenoi (Mangabeira, 1941), Pi. fischeri (Pinto, 1926), Pi. misionensis (Castro, 1959), Pi. monticola (Costa Lima, 1932), Pi. pessoai (Coutinho & Barretto, 1940) and Pi. torresi (Le Pont & Desjeux, 1991). As part of research project of which objective is to validate distribution maps of different Phlebotominae species, capture were performed in areas with no previous records, between March and May 2013. In Jujuy (24º 11? 04.13?, 65º 18? 02.54?) sample sites were select, and eight sites in Tucumán province (26º 48? 28.69?, 65º 13? 09.09?), both corresponding to the transition area of Yungas rain forest and dry Chaco. Captures were made with mini CDC like light-traps. In Jujuy province a total of individuals were capture, which belong to Migonemyia migonei (França, 1920) (47%), Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) (25%), Pintomyia sp. (16%), y Evandromyia cortelezzi (Brèthes, 1923) (12%). In Tucumán 270 individuals were collected Mg. migonei (77%), Pi. sp. (18%), Ev. cortelezzi (5%). The presence of Pintomyia is registered for the first time in to northwest province of Argentina. Pi torresi were registered to date, only in the province of Chaco; being aware of the relationship of this species feeding on chirópteros, it is noted that the capture individuals belong to site in the presences of bats, and in the case of Tucumán province, the sample area presents the third greatest colony of insectivorous bats of the South America (Tadarida braziliensis). The identified samples of this work, belonging to genus Pintomyia (44 female) and (11 males) were not identified a specific level, although the studied in morphologic characters allow it to be included in the genus and subgenus Pintomyia (Pifanomyia). The morphologic similarities to Pi.torresi in the case of the female genitalia characters , but they are different in the cibarium characters; in the case of males related to this female the differences are more precise, especially in structures associated to the paramere. Due to all above mentioned, a deeper studies will extended in order to determine whether this is a new species for sciences.