Vector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Indira Nagar, Puducherry 605 006, India.
J Med Entomol. 2012 May;49(3):441-4. doi: 10.1603/me11105.
Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi (Scopoli) collected in human dwellings from an agricultural villages Chaura, located in Gaya district, Bihar, India, showed morphological and anatomical variations. Male sand flies of this species exhibited variations in the genital structures, while females showed differences in the spermathecae and antenna segment three (A3). When the mitochondrial DNA of both male and female P. (P.) papatasi sensu lato population subjected to DNA barcoding, both the sexes of P. (P.) papatasi variants were found to be associated. The differences in the morphometric characteristics clearly constitutes preliminary evidence for infraspecific variation in P. (P.) papatasi s.1. population in India.
在印度比哈尔邦加雅区乔拉的一个农业村庄的民居中采集到的白蛉（Phlebotomus）papatasi（Scopoli）表现出形态和解剖学上的变异。该物种的雄性沙蝇在生殖器结构上表现出变异，而雌性在受精囊和触角节三（A3）上表现出差异。当对雄性和雌性的 P.（P.）papatasi 广义种群的线粒体 DNA 进行 DNA 条形码分析时，发现 P.（P.）papatasi 变体的雌雄两性都有关联。形态特征的差异清楚地构成了印度 P.（P.）papatasi s.1. 种群亚种变异的初步证据。
