@article{fdi:010067627,
  title = {{A} molecular study of the genus {S}pelaeomyia ({D}iptera : {P}hlebotominae) with description of the male of {S}pelaeomyia moucheti},
  author = {{R}ahola, {N}il and {H}enni, {L}. {H}. and {O}bame, {J}. and {A}yala, {D}iego and {M}akanga, {B}. {K}. and {L}ehrter, {V}. and {I}zri, {A}. and {P}aupy, {C}hristophe and {D}epaquit, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {T}he genus {S}pelaeomyia includes four {A}frican species considered as being cavernicolous: {S}pelaeomyia darlingi, {S}pelaeomyia mirabilis, {S}pelaeomyia emilii and {S}pelaeomyia moucheti. {D}espite a potential role in {L}eishmania major leishmaniasis transmission in {M}ali, no molecular studies and only few morphological studies have addressed relationships between species of {S}pelaeomyia. {M}ethods: {S}pecimens of {S}a. moucheti were collected in two different sites in {G}abon. {S}pelaeomyia emilii and {S}a. darlingi specimens came from {G}abon and {M}ali. {S}pecimens of {S}a. mirabilis were collected in the {D}emocratic {R}epublic of {C}ongo and {G}abon. {A}ll specimens were caught using {CDC} miniature light traps, then dissected, both heads and genitalia were kept for morphological analysis and the rest of the bodies were kept for molecular processing and analyses. {R}esults: {S}ome unidentified males are associated to {S}a. moucheti females using molecular tools and are described for the first time. {A} new morphological feature is observed on the spermathecae of the female and new drawings are provided. {F}or the first time a phylogenetic analysis is carried out on r{DNA} and mt{DNA} markers and it shows that {S}a. moucheti is the sister species of {S}a. mirabilis. {C}onclusions: {S}pelaeomyia moucheti is the sister species of {S}a. mirabilis. {T}his result is in agreement with the sharing of morphological characters between these closely related species. {M}oreover, these two species are not as cavernicolous as literature previously indicated. {T}hey were caught in open rainforest in {G}abon.},
  keywords = {{S}and fly ; {S}pelaeomyia ; {M}orphology ; {P}hylogeny ; {A}frica ; {GABON} ; {MALI} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 367 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1186/s13071-016-1656-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067627},
}