Galati Eunice A B, Galvis-Ovallos Fredy, Lawyer Phillip, Léger Nicole, Depaquit Jérôme
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 715, 01246-904 São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA - Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Parasite. 2017;24:26. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2017027. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
Phlebotomine (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) taxonomy has been studied extensively, primarily due to the role of these flies as vectors of various parasites, including species of Leishmania, Bartonella and arboviruses that cause diseases in humans and other vertebrates. We present some topics discussed at a round-table on phlebotomine taxonomy held at the Ninth International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX) in Reims, France, in June 2016. To date, approximately one thousand phlebotomine species have been described worldwide, although in varying languages and mostly without standardization of characters and terminology. In the interest of standardization, we list the characters that should minimally be considered in the description of new phlebotomine taxa as well as annotated illustrations of several characters. For these characters, multiple illustrations are provided to show some of the variations. The preferred terms for all pertinent characters are listed as well as their synonyms in English, Portuguese, and French. Finally, we offer an updated list of abbreviations to be used for generic and subgeneric names.
白蛉（双翅目，蛾蠓科，白蛉亚科）分类学已得到广泛研究，主要是因为这些苍蝇作为多种寄生虫的传播媒介，包括利什曼原虫、巴尔通体以及在人类和其他脊椎动物中引发疾病的虫媒病毒。我们介绍了2016年6月在法国兰斯举行的第九届白蛉国际研讨会（ISOPS IX）上关于白蛉分类学圆桌会议所讨论的一些主题。迄今为止，全世界已描述了约一千种白蛉，不过描述语言各异，且大多没有字符和术语的标准化。为实现标准化，我们列出了在描述新的白蛉分类单元时至少应考虑的特征以及几个特征的注释插图。对于这些特征，提供了多幅插图以展示一些变异情况。列出了所有相关特征的首选术语及其在英语、葡萄牙语和法语中的同义词。最后，我们提供了一份用于属名和亚属名的缩写更新列表。
