The authors describe the male and the female of a new species of phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia brisolai n.sp., anthropophilic, encountered in several stations of the Andean piemont. This species is difficult to classify, possessing characteristics that are similar not only to L. oliveirai and L. minasensis but alto to species of the subgenus Nyssomyia.
sand fly; Phlebotominae; taxonomy; new species; Bolivia