J Med Entomol 2003 Nov 01;406:750-4. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.750.

Multivariate morphometric discrimination among three species of Lutzomyia subgenus Micropygomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae).

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Canonical discriminant analysis accurately separated males of Lutzomyia yencanensis (n = 36) (Ortiz), Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (n = 24) (Floch and Abonnenc) and Lutzomyia micropyga (n = 28) (Mangabeira). Only seven (length of head, interocular distance, wing vein delta, genital filaments, coxite, paramere, and lateral lobe) of 20 possible morphometric measurements were required for differentiation, with a highly significant canonical correlation. The discriminant equations provided a simple, fast, and widely available statistical tool to identify accurately unknown sand fly specimens as L. yencanensis, L. c. cayennensis, or L. micropyga.

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Genes referenced: LOC115921237