J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2021 Jun 1;37(2):98-100. doi: 10.2987/20-6938.1.
More than 1,000 species of phlebotomine sand flies have been described in the literature, many of which are vectors of Leishmania spp. In addition to the morphological similarities between some species groups, the occurrence of anomalies within one species may lead to erroneous description of new taxa. This study describes a case of bilateral anomaly in the number of spines in the gonostyle in a male of Evandromyia lenti. In this anomalous male, a 5th spine is present between the upper external spine and the lower external spine. The occurrence of such an anomaly can potentially result in misidentifications in this important group of insects.
文献中已经描述了 1000 多种白蛉科沙蝇，其中许多是利什曼原虫的传播媒介。除了一些物种群之间的形态相似性之外，同一物种内的异常现象也可能导致对新分类群的错误描述。本研究描述了一只 lentimyia 属雄虫的生殖肢上刺突数量的双侧异常情况。在这个异常的雄性中，在上外部刺突和下外部刺突之间存在第 5 个刺突。这种异常的发生可能会导致这些重要昆虫群体的鉴定错误。
