A great number of sandfly specimens belonging to subgenus Helcocyrtomyia Barretto, 1962, deposited in the collection of the Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou was studied. The authors observed the existence of a new species, Lutzomyia capixaba n.sp. whose male is very similar to Lutzomyia oswaldoi (Mangabeira, 1942), but whose female has distinct characteristics from others species of the subgenus.
phlebotomine taxonomy; Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) capixaba n.sp.