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Notes on Phlebotomus, with Descriptions of New Species—Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. Newstead
R. Newstead
Affiliation:
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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In making a critical examination of the palpi of the various species of phlebotomus described in this paper, I have found that the third* segment of the palpi in all of them is provided with a compound group of minute and curiously modified spines. In P. minutus (fig. 1c) they are somewhat squamiform and the pedicel is, so far as I can ascertain, extremely short; in P. papatasii (fig. 1d) they are distinctly spathuliform, with the pedicel long and strongly curved. In P. squamipleuris (fig. 1i) the spines are similar to those found in P. papatasii, but they appear to be more gradually dilated distally and have relatively shorter pedicels. These organs are common to both sexes and are probably sensory in function; but they are so easily deciduous that they can rarely be seen, though the position occupied by them is generally indicated by a compound group of circular cicatrices clearly showing the point of attachment of the spines with the integument.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1912 , pp. 361 - 367
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

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References

* In P. squamipleuris they occur on the second segment also; but I find no trace of them on the corresponding segments in the other species. R.N.

* Bull. Ent. Res. II, p. 69 (1911).Google Scholar

* Rec. Ind. Mus., IV, p. 320 (1911).Google Scholar

* I have recently discovered a small glass tube containing several additional examples of this insect (all ♀ ♀ ) They bear the data: “Caught in sheltered spots of bedroom; Salaga, Gold Coast, West Africa, 19th June 1911, Dr. G. E. H. Le Fanu.”

* Austen, , African Blood Sucking Flies, p. 20 (1909).Google Scholar