Description of the female of Evandromyia rupicola (Martins, Godoy & Silva) with a review of the rupicola series (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

the rupicola series was proposed initially for evandromyia rupicola (martins et al) and evandromyia correalimai (martins et al), and recently extended with the inclusion of evandromyia gaucha andrade-filho et al and evandromyia grimaldii andrade-filho et al. the female of e. rupicola is here described and illustrated for the first time and its male is redescribed and drawn on the basis of specimens captured in forest on the coast of the state of s？o paulo, brazil. the head and genitalia of both sexes of e. correalimai are also illustrated. the distinctive traits among females of the four species and of males of e. rupicola, e. correalimai and e. grimaldii, and the distribution range of these species are commented.