NOTES ON THE PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES FROM THE PERUVIAN SOUTHEAST - I - DESCRIPTION OF LUTZOMYIA (HELCOCYRTOMYIA) ADAMSI N. SP. (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE)

A new species of phlebotomine sand fly, Lutzomyia adamsi n. sp., is de scribed and illustrated from specimens collected during August 1994, i n Sandia, Department of Puno-Peru. According to the Oficina Nacional d e Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales(ONERN 1976), this locality is situa ted in the life zone known as humid, mountain, low tropical forest (bh -MBT). Many areas in the northern part of Puno, mainly in the Inambari and Tambopata basins, are endemic to leishmaniasis. These areas are t he continuation of others, largely known as ''leishmaniasic'' in the d epartments of Cusco and Madre de Dies. The morphological characteristi cs indicated that this species belongs to the genus Lutzomyia,subgenus Helcocyrtomyia Barretto, 1962.