During a study of the phlebotomines of the Brazilian state of Tocantins, a new species was discovered in Porto Nacional county, here described as Micropygomyia (Silvamyia) echinatopharynx sp. nov. This is only the second species of the subgenus Micropygomyia (Silvamyia) to be described.
Micropygomyia (Silvamyia) echinatopharynx sp. nov.; Phlebotominae; sand fly; Diptera; Psychodidae