A first record of Phlebotominae from Argentinean Patagonia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

MUZÓN J; SPINELLI GR; SALOMÓN OD; ROSSI G

MEMóRIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ.

Año: 2002 vol. 97 p. 797 - 798

0074-0276

A species of the Lutzomyia oswaldoi group is recorded from the Valcheta stream basin, Somuncura plateau, Patagonia. It represents the World southermost record of a species of Phlebotominae, apparently supporting the hypothesis about the relictual character of several components of the Somuncura plateau aquatic biota, particularly for those species belonging to paranaense lineages.