PHLEBOTOMUS (PARAPHLEBOTOMUS) RIOUXI N. S P. (DIPTERA-PSYCHODIDAE) FROM NORTH-AFRICA

Description of a new palearctic species from Morocco, Tunisia and Spai n: Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) riouxi closely related to P. chabaudi . Differential identification with the neighbouring species. The aedeo gus of the male is unrecurved, a character which distinguishes P, riou xi from other species with recurved aedeagus and the basal process of the coxite is bigger and more tuffy than in P. chabaudi. For female, w hich has the some spermatheca with a typical terminal ring, the only a vailable character to differentiate from P. chabaudi is the aspect of the armature in the genital atrium.