Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) França, 1924

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) França, 1924: Galati, 1995: 137; Galati, 2003: 36, 70 (listed, key).

Lutzomyia (Aguayoi) Vargas, 1978: 89 . Type species: Lutzomyia dispar Martins & Silva, 1963).

Diagnosis. Katepisternum without pilosity at anterior margin. Male: basal, mesal area of gonocoxite without sclerotization and with a tuft of no more than 6 setae; gonostylus with two apical spiniform setae, but if only one, a preapical setae may be present and the lateral basal spiniform setae situated basad in relation to the mesal basal one; paramere with one or two setae on base or at middle of the ventral margin (according to the actual position of sclerites), and with apex curved. Female cibarium with complete sclerotized arch and vertical teeth normal orientated or laterally directed; spermathecae annulated, common duct short and individual ducts as long as 4.0 the length of common duct.

Remarks. There are approximately 15 species of this subgenus, nearly all distributed in South America.