Psychodopygus panamensis (Shannon, 1926), series panamensis

Phlebotomus panamensis Shannon, 1926: 192 (♂). Type locality: Panama, Canal Zone.

Phlebotomus (Shannonomyia) panamensis Shannon: Dyar, 1929: 117.

Phlebotomus (Shannonomyina) panamensis Shannon: Fairchild & Hertig, 1951: 405.

Psychodopygus (Psychodopygus) panamensis (Shannon): Forattini, 1971: 105; Forattini, 1973: 393.

Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) panamensis (Shannon): Martins et al., 1978: 43 (catalogue, distribution); Young & Duncan, 1994: 579 (complete references, taxonomy, distribution); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche records); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2005: 197 (Campeche abundance data), May-Uc et al., 2011: 279 (Quintana Roo abundance data).

Psychodopygus panamensis (Shannon): Galati, 2003: 121, 123 (as series panamensis, list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 36 (Veracruz records).

Diagnosis. Pronotum, katepimeron, and coxae pale, scutum dark; anepimeral setae absent. Male: paramere ventral lobe with two tufts of blade-like setae, apical lobe with two large setae, one preapical and one apical; gonostylus with 3 strong and one weak spiniform setae originated in the apical tirth; Female: cibarium with 4 horizontal teeth and a transverse row of vertical teeth plus longitudinal median rows of markedly enlarged vertical teeth; spermathecae with asymmetrical terminal annulation, clearly longer than individual spermathecal duct; common spermathecal duct smooth below rugose portion (Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Material examined. Collected with CDC light traps. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 19-vi-2009, 1 ♀; 12-viii-2009, 3 ♂; 04-ix-2009, 1 ♂; 05-ix-2009, 2 ♂; 21-x-2009, 1 ♀; 09-xii-2009, 1 ♀; 13-i-2010, 1 ♀; 14-i- 2010, 1 ♀; 16-ii-2010, 2 ♂; 17-ii-2010, 3 ♂, 4 ♀; 18-ii-2010, 2 ♀; 21-ii-2010, 2 ♀; 17-iii-2010, 1 ♀; 18-iii-2010, 7 ♀; 19-iii-2010, 1 ♂; 16-vi-2010, 1 ♀; 17-vi-2010, 1 ♂; 20-vi-2010, 1 ♀; 08-vii-2010, 1 ♀; 10-vii-2010, 2 ♀; 19-x- 2010, 3 ♂; 20-x-2010, 9 ♂; 21-x-2010, 10 ♂; 17-xi-2010, 144 ♂; 18-xi-2010, 109 ♂; 19-i-2011, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 20-i- 2011, 3 ♂, 2 ♀; 08-ii-2011, 1 ♂, 7 ♀; 09-ii-2011, 2 ♀; 10-ii-2011, 4 ♀. Loma Bonita: 14-viii-2009, 2 ♀; 02-ix- 2009, 1 ♂; 20-x-2009, 1 ♂; 19-ii-2010, 3 ♂, 4 ♀; 20-ii-2010, 2 ♀; 21-ii-2010, 1 ♂, 4 ♀; 20-iii-2010, 1 ♀; 16-vi- 2010, 1 ♀; 22-x-2010, 2 ♂; 24-x-2010, 4 ♂, 1 ♀; 18-xi-2010, 2 ♂; 19-xi-2010, 3 ♂, 1 ♀; 21-xi-2010, 1 ♂; 22-i- 2011, 1 ♀; 12-ii-2011, 1 ♂. San Antonio Buena Vista: 13-vii-2010, 1 ♂.

Collected with Magoon trap. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar: 16-vi-2009, 3 ♀; 18-vi-2009, 1 ♀; 11-viii-2009, 1 ♀; 13-viii-2009, 1 ♀; 14-viii-2009, 1 ♀; 13-viii-2010, 2 ♀; 19-viii-2010, 1 ♀; 19-xi-2010, 2 ♀; 20- xi-2010, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita: 20-ii-2010, 1 ♀; 23-x-2010, 1 ♀.

Distribution. MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz) (Ibáñez-Bernal 2003; Ibáñez-Bernal 2005), BELIZE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, FRENCH GUIANA, ECUADOR, BRAZIL (Young & Duncan 1994), PERU (Cáceres & Galati 2001, Galati 2003).

Remarks. This is an anthropophilous species and has been found infected with Leishmania panamensis (Christensen et al. 1983) and Leishmania braziliensis (Rowton et al. 1991) . Natural infection with Le. mexicana has been reported by Pech-May et al. (2010) in the Mexican state of Campeche. In our collections, Psychodopygus panamensis was the most abundant species.