N. Leger et al., FEMALE REDESCRIPTION AND EGG DESCRIPTION OF NEMOPALPUS-FLAVUS MACQUART, 1838 (BRUCHOMYINAE, PSYCHODIDAE, DIPTERA) - SANDFLIES RELATIONSHIPS, Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparee, 68(3), 1993, pp. 154-160
Description of the female (with figures) and the egg (with SEM microgr
aphs) of Nemopalpus flavus Macquart, 1838. Males and females were catc
hed in Tenerife (Canary Islands) in 1991-1992. Comparison of the morph
ological features shows that the subfamily of Bruchomyinae is the sist
er group of Phlebotominae.