Article
Hidden diversity in anthropophilic sand flies of the Monticola Series (Diptera, Psychodidae).
Scientific reports - 8 Nov 2024
Rodrigues Bruno Leite, de Oliveira Alessandra Gutierrez, da Silva Leonardo Estevam Honorato, Vasconcelos Dos Santos Thiago, de Oliveira Lidiane de Nazaré Carvalho, Rêgo Felipe Dutra, de Andrade Andrey José, Maia Glédson Bandeira, de Souza Pinto Israel, Andrade Filho José Dilermando, Galati Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
Abstract excerpt
The Monticola series comprises two anthropophilic and widely distributed species in Brazil: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) monticola (Costa Lima, 1932) and Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) misionensis (Castro, 1959). They mainly occur in the Atlantic Rainforest, and it is known that Pi. monticola comprises at least two well-structured genetic lineages regarding a fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Here, we...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.