Filho José Dilermando Andrade, Galati Eunice A Bianchi, Falcão Alda Lima
Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2006 Mar;101(2):141-2. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000200004.
A sand fly fossil was found in amber; a vegetal resin, which allows all the external phlebotomine structures to be seen. The piece that contains the new species is 14 mm long x 8 mm wide x 3 mm high. All the structures from the head, thorax, and abdomen were examined under the microscope and measured with a calibrated micrometric eyepiece. The morphological aspects of the new species suggest its inclusion in the Pintomyia genus, Pifanomyia subgenus though it is not possible to include it in any of the series known for this subgenus. The presence of two atrophied spines on the gonostyles and gonocoxites without tufts of setae permit the exclusion of the new species from the other species of the subgenus Pifanomyia. The new species is named Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum sp. nov.
在琥珀中发现了一只沙蝇化石；琥珀是一种植物树脂，能让所有外部的吸血蝇结构得以展现。包含新物种的这块琥珀长14毫米、宽8毫米、高3毫米。在显微镜下检查了来自头部、胸部和腹部的所有结构，并用校准过的测微目镜进行了测量。新物种的形态特征表明它应归入平托米伊亚属、皮法诺米伊亚亚属，不过无法将其归入该亚属已知的任何一个系列。生殖突上有两根萎缩的刺，生殖基节上没有刚毛簇，这使得该新物种与皮法诺米伊亚亚属的其他物种区分开来。这个新物种被命名为巴西平托米伊亚（皮法诺米伊亚）新种。
