@article{fdi:010012239, title = {{I}sozymic and metric variation in the {L}utzomyia longipalpis complex}, author = {{D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {T}orrez, {E}.{M}. and {L}e {P}ont, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {H}ervas, {D}. and {S}ossa, {D}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{M}ale #{L}utzomyia longipalpis$ of two types from {B}olivia were compared using isozyme electrophoresis and wing morphometry. {O}ne sample (ex {C}hiflonkaka {C}ave, alt. 2800 m at {T}oro {T}oro, {C}harcas {P}rovince, {P}otosi {D}epartment) was "two-spot" phenotype males (i.e. tergites {III} and {IV} with paired pale patches of pheromone glands), whereas two other locality samples ({A}pa {A}pa and {I}manaco, {S}ud {Y}ungas {P}rovince, {L}a {P}az {D}epartment) were one-spot male phenotype (only tergite {IV} with paired pale patches). {M}ultilocus enzyme electrophoresis (using {ACON}, a{GPD}, {GPI}, {IDH}, {MDH}, {ME}, 6{PGD}, {PGM}, {LAP} and {PEPB}) found no difference between samples from adjacent hen houses at {A}pa {A}pa. {N}ei's standard genetic distance between one-spot samples {A}pa {A}pa and {I}manaco (5 km apart, 1500 m alt.) was 0,001-0,002, whereas the two-spot males from {T}oro {T}oro (800 km away) showed a genetic distance of 0,081 from the one-spot males ({A}pa {A}pa and {I}manaco). {T}his genetic distance is commensurate with speciation, but may simply be intraspecific differentiation due to "isolation by distance". {F}or comparative wing morphometry, we included additional material of one-spot males from {B}olivia ({G}uyabal, {S}ud {Y}ungas, {L}a {P}az), {B}razil, {C}olombia and {N}icaragua. {T}hese three other country samples were assumed to be different sibling species in the complex #{L}utzomyia longipalpis$ ({L}anzaro et al., 1993). {S}tatistics were based on univariate and multivariate analysis. {T}he comparison between size-in and size-free canonical variate analysis ({CVA}) indicated that the wing morphometric divergence between one-spot and two-spot {B}olivian phenotypes was not size dependent and could have taxonomic significance. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{LEISHMANIOSE} ; {VECTEUR} ; {PHENOTYPE} ; {VARIABILITE} {GENETIQUE} ; {ENZYME} ; {SPECIATION} ; {MORPHOTAXONOMIE} ; {ELECTROPHORESE} ; {BOLIVIE} ; {BRESIL} ; {COLOMBIE} ; {NICARAGUA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}edical and {V}eterinary {E}ntomology}, volume = {11}, numero = {4}, pages = {394--400}, ISSN = {0269-283{X}}, year = {1997}, DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00428.x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010012239}, }