Sand flies of Nicaragua: I. Description of the Lutzomyia zeledoni Young and Murillo, 1984 (Diptera, Psychodidae) female, and the epidemiologic implication of Lutzomyia longipalpis presence at the Pacific coast

The authors describe the female of Lutzomyia zeledoni Young & Murillo, 1984 from the group Vespertilionis Theodor, 1965. This species was cpatured in the peridomestic environment together with Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912 here reported for the first time in Nicaragua. Emphasis is placed on the epidemiological importance of this latter species collected in abundance at several sites along the Pacific coast.

sand fly; Phlebotominae; taxonomy; Lutzomyia zeledoni; epidemiology; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Nicaragua