A description is given of both the male and female of a new species of phlebotomine sandfly cought in tree trunks in yacambú Nacional Park, State of Lara, Venezuela. The new species belongs to the subgenus Helcocyrtomyia, Barretto 1962 or group vexator, series peruensis of Theodor (1965) and of Young and Fairchild (1974). The male is characterized by the presence of 5 spines on the dististyle and a basal patch of long bristles on the basistyle, implanted on queratinized, strong tubercules. Female presents cibarial armature with 4 large teeth, and a segmental spermatheca similar to another species of the series peruensis.
taxonomy of sand flies; Lutzomyia larensis n.sp.