A molecular study of the genus Spelaeomyia (Diptera: Phlebotominae) with description of the male of Spelaeomyia moucheti.
Nil RaholaLeila Hadj HenniJudicael ObameDiego AyalaBoris Kevin MakangaVéronique LehrterArezki IzriChristophe PaupyJérôme DepaquitPublished in: Parasites & vectors (2016)
Spelaeomyia moucheti is the sister species of Sa. mirabilis. This result is in agreement with the sharing of morphological characters between these closely related species. Moreover, these two species are not as cavernicolous as literature previously indicated. They were caught in open rainforest in Gabon.