Resumen

ARLEY FARIA, José de Oliveira; OTAVIANO AGUIAR, Nair  y  ARLEY COSTA PESSOA, Felipe. A probable hybrid female Psychodopygus sp. (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) specimen from Amazonas State, Brazil. Bol Mal Salud Amb [online]. 2016, vol.56, n.1, pp.72-74. ISSN 1690-4648.

Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of several important etiological agents. Sand fly cibaria and genitalia exhibit morphological characters that are essential for species identification. A morphologically anomalous female sand fly of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira was found in a faunistic survey of a forested area near Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. This specimen possesses two pairs of spermathecae and a cibarium with supernumerary rows of teeth. Most morphological anomalies in sand flies occur in the number and arrangement of spines in structures associated with the male genitalia. In females, the number of cibarial teeth is the most common form of anomaly. The specimen described here constitutes a rare anomalous record.

Palabras clave : leishmaniasis; morphological abnormalities; sandflies; taxonomy.