Taxonomic status of Brumptomyia cavicola Barretto, 1964 and Brumptomyia dasypophila Barretto, 1964 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

ABSTRACT Brumptomyia cavicola Barretto, 1964 and Brumptomyia dasypophila Barretto, 1964 were described from Cássia dos Coqueiros municipality, São Paulo state, Brazil, in an abstract of a Brazilian Scientific Meeting, however they have not been included in any Phlebotominae classification as valid species. Two male specimens of B. dasypophila (holotype and paratype) designated by the author are deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), as well as four specimens with morphological characteristics and origin coincident with those described for B. cavicola. Here, these specimens were observed, measured, and compared with their close-related species, Brumptomyia cunhai (Mangabeira, 1942) and Brumptomyia ortizi Martins, Silva & Falcão, 1971 syn. nov., respectively. Brumptomyia dasypophila presents genitalia characteristics very similar to those of B. cunhai, but they can be distinguished by the paramere and parameral sheath shape, while characters of head, thorax, and genitalia of B. cavicola are like those of B. ortizi syn. nov.. Also, the molecular analysis of COI DNA barcoding region supports the morphological analysis showing well-supported clades for the different morphospecies. Therefore, we propose to include B. ortizi syn. nov. as junior synonym of B. cavicola. The lectotype and paralectotype of B. cavicola were designated. We provided a formal description of both sexes of B. dasypophila and B. cavicola using an integrative taxonomy approach.