Pintomyia nuneztovari is a phlebotomous sand fly in the subgenus Pifanomyia native to South America.[1] It was named by the entomologist who first described the species in the scientific literature, Venezuelan entomologist Ignacio Ortíz, to honor the scientific contributions of Manuel Núñez Tovar.[2]
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Distribution
editPin. nuneztovari occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.[1]
Bionomics
editPin. nuneztovari has been found to readily bite humans indoors between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.[1]
Medical Importance
editGenus Leishmania trypanosomes, responsible for the disease leishmaniasis, have been reported in Pin. nuneztovari from Bolivia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: Pintomyia (Pif.) nuneztovari, SOUTHCOM Medically Important Arthropods, http://www.wrbu.org/sfID/sf_medspc/AD/LUnzt_A.html, last accessed 8 Oct 2018.
- ^ Ignacio Ortíz. 1954. Descripcion de dos nuevas especies del genero Phlebotomus Rondani (Diptera, Psychodidae) de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuela 1:231-250 (232).