A programme for computer aided identification of Phlebotomine sandflies of the Americas (CIPA): presentation and check-list of American species

ABSTRACT

A programme for computer aided identification of Phlebotomine sandflies of the Americas (CIPA): presentation and check-list of American species

H. Bermudez¹

J. P. Dedet¹

M. Duncan¹

A. L. Falcão¹

M. D. Feliciangeli¹

C. Ferro¹

E. A. B. Galati¹

E. A. Gomez-Landires¹

M. V. Herrero¹

D. Hervas¹

J. Lebbe¹

A. Morales¹

E. Ogusuku¹

J. E. Perez¹

E. F. Rangel¹

I. A. Sherlock¹

M. Torrez¹

R. Vignes¹

M. Wolff¹

D. G. Young¹

Bolivian Institute of High Altitude, CIPA Program, La Paz, Bolívia

The CIPA programme is a collaborative project including two entomologists from France and seven South and Central America countries. Its objective is the development of an expert system for computer aided identification of phlebotomine sandflies from the Americas. It also includes the formation of data bases for bibliographic, taxonomic and biogeographic data. Participant consensus on taxonomic prerequisites, standardization in bibliographic data collections and selection of descriptive variables for the final programme has been established through continous communication among participants and annual meetings. The adopted check-list of American sandflies presented here includes 386 specific taxa, ordered into genera and 28 sub-genera or species groups.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  02 June 2009
• Date of issue
  June 1993