Notes on the Phlebotomus of Panama (Diptera, Psychodidae) Vi. Phlebotomus Shannoni Dyar and Related Species1

Abstract

The sandflies discussed in this paper form an ill defined group mostly lacking any outstanding peculiarities. Their grouping together is for convenience and does not imply any phylogenetic significance. The males are characterized by having four major spines but no accessory setae on the style; no basal, median or apical tufts of setae on the coxite; the parameres simple, without forks, branches or modified setae; the lateral lobes relatively long and without modified spines; the aedeagus and genital filaments of conventional form, the latter from two to four times as long as the pump and with simple tips. The flared anterior end of the plunger of the sperm pump is rather small.