Psathyromyia carpenteri explained

Psathyromyia carpenteri was first described as Phlebotomus carpenteri in 1953.^{[1] [2]} The species name is dedicated to Col. Stanley Jennings Carpenter, M.S.C., U.S. Army, under whose direction most of the first described specimens were collected.^[2]

Distribution

Psathyromyia carpenteri has been found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, and Yucatan), and Panama.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bionomics

Psathyromyia carpenteri has been collected with light traps in ecologically disturbed areas such as acahual and coffee plantations. Some specimens were collected outside of houses, and very few were collected in the evergreen forest.^[5] Larval habitat is not known.

Medical importance

Feeding habits of the adult females are unknown, but collection data suggests that they are not anthropophilic.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Galati, E.A.B. (2003) 2. Morfologia e Taxonomia, 2.1. Classificação de Phlebotominae. In: Rangel, E.F. & Lainson, R. (Eds.), Flebotomíneos do Brasil. Ed. FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 23–175.
2. Graham B. Fairchild and Marshall Hertig. 1953. Notes on the Phlebotomus of Panama. (Diptera: Psychodidae). X. P. aragoi, P. barrettoi and two new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 46, Issue 1, 1 March 1953, Pages 21-34, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/46.1.21
3. E. A. Rebollar-Téllez, P. C. Manrique-Saide, E. Tun-Ku, A. Che-Mendoza, and F. A. Dzul-Manzanilla. 2004. Further Records of Phlebotomid Sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotomidae) from Campeche, Mexico. Entomological News, Vol. 115. No. 5, November & December 2004, p. 288; https://archive.org/stream/entomologicalnew115amer/entomologicalnew115amer_djvu.txt.
4. Ibañez-Bernal, S. 2000. Psychodidae (Diptera), pp. 607-626 in Volumen II, Biodiversidad, taxonomia y biogeografia de artrópodos de México: hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. J. Llorente-Bousquets, E. Gonzalez-Soriano, and N. Papavero (Eds.), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal; 676 pp.
5. Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, José Muñoz, Eduardo A. Rebollar-Téllez, Agelica Pech-May, Carlos F. Marina. 2015. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name, Zootaxa 3994 (2), pp. 151-186: 172; DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.1.