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Morphometrical evidence for speciation within Bolivian Lutzomyia aragaoi (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2005
Dujardin Jean-Pierre, Le Pont François, Matias Abrahan, De la Riva Jascemine X
Abstract excerpt
For Bolivian specimens of Lutzomyia aragaoi (Costa Lima, A., 1932. Sobre os phlebotomos americanos (Diptera, Psychodidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 26, 15-69), collected in the same light-traps, we show the existence of two distinct morphotypes distinguished by male parameres. These sympatric forms were observed in the Alto Beni, Subandean region of Bolivia, and in the North Beni, Amazonian region of Bolivia, two...
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