Table 2 Key to the males of Phlebotomus of Italy

1.

Coxite (=basistyle) with bristles in the basal region

2

Coxite without bristles in the basal region

3

2.

Style (=dististyle) short with 4 long spines: 2 apical and the internal more basal than the external spine. Paramere without dorsal ramification. Surstyle (=lateral lobe) without short distal spines (subgenus Paraphlebotomus)

P. sergenti (Figure 2B)

Style with 5 short spines: 3 apical and 2 external spines in its apical third. Paramere with 2 dorsal ramifications. Surstyle with 2 short distal spines (subgenus Phlebotomus)

P. papatasi (Figure 2C)

3.

Aedeagus with the distal region tapered and cup-like expansion at the anterior end of genital pump thin-walled and colourless (subgenus Transphlebotomus)

P. mascittii (Figure 2D)

Aedeagus with the distal region bifid or rounded (subgenus Larroussius)

4

4.

Aedeagus with colourless plate (transparent process) on terminal portion

P. perfiliewi (Figure 2E)

Aedeagus without colourless plate on terminal portion

5

5.

Aedeagus bifid at the end

P. perniciosus (Figure 2F)

Aedeagus not bifid at the end

6

6.

Adeagus clapper-like, with moderate subapical expansion

P. ariasi (Figure 2G)

Adeagus with drumstick-like tip

P. neglectus (Figure 2H)