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A First Record of Phlebotominae from Argentinean Patagonia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

2002; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 97; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02762002000600008

1678-8060

Javier Muzón, Gustavo R. Spinelli, Oscar Daniel Salomón, Gustavo Carlos Rossi,

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

A species of the Lutzomyia oswaldoi group is recorded from the Valcheta stream basin, Somuncura plateau, Patagonia. It represents the World southermost record of a species of Phlebotominae, apparently supporting the hypothesis about the relictual character of several components of the Somuncura plateau biota, particularly for those species belonging to the Paranaense lineages.