Description of Sergentomyia phadangensis n. sp (Diptera, Psychodidae) of Thailand

作者：Polseela Raxsina^*; Depaquit Jerome; Apiwathnasorn Chamnarn

来源：Parasites & Vectors, 2016, 9(1): 21.

DOI：10.1186/s13071-016-1300-4

• Phlebotomus
• Sergentomyia
• Thailand
• Caves
• Molecular biology
• Systematics

Background: Since 1996, there are emerging autochthonous cases of leishmaniasis in Thailand due to Leishmania "siamensis" and to L. martiniquensis explaining a recent interest for the sand fly fauna where Sergentomyia gemmea and Se. barraudi have been considered possible vectors in the country.
Methods: Field studies were undertaken in a cave of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand. Phlebotomine sandflies have been studied morphologically and some have been processed for molecular biology (sequencing of cytB rDNA).
Results: A new species of sand fly, belonging to the genus Sergentomyia: Se. phadangensis n. sp., is described. The association of the male and female is supported by the homology of the sequences of cytochrome b rDNA.
Conclusions: The description of a new species in Thailand is of importance in view of the existence of autochthonous leishmaniases.

• 出版日期2016-1-15