%0 Journal Article %T Description of a new phlebotomine species, Evandromyia gaucha sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil %A Andrade Filho %A Jos¨¦ Dilermando %A Souza %A Get¨²lio Dornelles %A Falc£¿o %A Alda Lima %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 2007 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de %R 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000079 %X the present paper describes a new phlebotomine species, evandromyia gaucha sp. nov., based on seven females found in the municipality of ca£¿apava do sul, state of rio grande do sul, brazil. the new species belong to rupicola series and differs from other sand flies of the genus evandromyia due to the presence of a rounded spermatheca head with its size very close to that of the spermatheca body. %K evandromyia gaucha sp. nov %K evandromyia s. str. %K aldamyia %K leishmaniasis. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762007000600013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en