@article{fdi:010076183, title = {{P}hlebotomine sandflies ({D}iptera, {P}sychodidae) from the {A}nkarana tsingy of northern {M}adagascar : inventory and description of new taxa}, author = {{B}lavier, {A}. and {L}aroche, {L}. and {R}andrianambinintsoa, {F}. {J}. and {L}ucas, {V}. and {G}antier, {J}. {C}. and {L}eger, {N}. and {R}obert, {V}incent and {D}epaquit, {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}n inventory of {P}hlebotomine sandflies was carried out in the {A}nkarana tsingy located in far northern {M}adagascar. {A} total of 723 sandflies were used for morphological, morphometric, and molecular studies (sequencing of partial cytochrome {B} (mt{DNA}) and partial 28{S} (r{DNA})). {N}ine species were identified: {P}hlebotomus fertei, {S}ergentomyia anka, {S}e. sclerosiphon, {S}e. goodmani, two species of the genus {G}rassomyia, as well as three new species described herein: {S}e. volfi n. sp., {S}e. kaltenbachi n. sp., and {S}e. ozbeli n. sp. {T}he recognition of these new species is strongly supported by molecular analyses. {T}he first two of the new species could not be classified into any existing subgenus, therefore we proposed two new subgenera ({R}anavalonomyia subg. nov., and {R}iouxomyia subg. nov.), with combinations as: {S}ergentomyia ({R}anavalonomyia) volfi and {S}ergentomyia ({R}iouxomyia) kaltenbachi. {O}ur study reveals important molecular variability in {S}e. anka, with the recognition of a population whose taxonomic status remains below that of species. {O}ur research confirms the need to further study the specific diversity of {M}alagasy sandflies, which until the start of this millennium remained mostly unknown.}, keywords = {{P}hlebotomine sandflies ; {M}adaphlebotomus ; {S}ergentomyia ; {M}orphological and ; molecular taxonomy ; {MADAGASCAR}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}arasite}, volume = {26}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 38 [27 p.]}, ISSN = {1252-607{X}}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.1051/parasite/2019039}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076183}, }