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Mitochondrial <jats:italic>cytochrome c oxidase I<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>COI<\/jats:italic>) phylogenetic analysis of a 667-bp fragment supported the morphological classification of the <jats:italic>Verrucarum<\/jats:italic> group into series. Genetic sequences from seven species were grouped in well-supported monophyletic lineages. Four species, however, clustered in two paraphyletic lineages that indicate conspecificity\u2014the <jats:italic>Lutzomyia longiflocosa\u2013Lutzomyia sauroida<\/jats:italic> pair and the <jats:italic>Lutzomyia quasitownsendi<\/jats:italic>\u2013<jats:italic>Lutzomyia torvida<\/jats:italic> pair. <jats:italic>COI<\/jats:italic> sequences were also evaluated as a taxonomic tool based on interspecific genetic variability within the <jats:italic>Verrucarum<\/jats:italic> group and the intraspecific variability of one of its members, <jats:italic>Lutzomyia verrucarum<\/jats:italic>, across its known distribution.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2011.11-0040","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,6,1]],"date-time":"2011-06-01T18:44:22Z","timestamp":1306953862000},"page":"913-922","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Phylogenetics of the Phlebotomine Sand Fly Group Verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae: 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