F. Collantes et E. Martinezortega, ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THE RATIO AIII EP TO DISTINGUISH PHLEBOTOMUS-PERNICIOSUS AND PHLEBOTOMUS-LONGICUSPIS MALES MALES (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE)/, Parasite, 3(4), 1996, pp. 395-396
In Southeast of the Iberian Peninsule the ratio length of third antenn
al article over the length of the epipharynx (AIII/EP) is not useful i
n order to distinguish these two species. The distributions of frequen
cies coincide and both species have the same mean for this character.