First record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii in Slovakia

Abstract

A large-scale entomological survey was carried out in summer 2016 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It revealed, for the first time, the presence of the phlebotomine sand fly Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in south-western Slovakia.

Species identification of a captured female was confirmed by both morphological and sequencing (COI) analyses.

Keywords

• Sand fly
• Phlebotomus mascittii
• Slovakia
• Transphlebotomus
• Northern limit