Palaeoclimatic models - predicted changes in the potential Neogene distribution patterns of Phlebotomus similis and Phlebotomus sergenti (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae)
Journal: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Year: 2021

Abstract Former studies proposed that the speciation of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus happened in the Neogene Epoch in the circum-Mediterranean region due to the geographical segregation effect of the former Paratethys Sea. It was aimed to study whether the modelled Neogene ranges of Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis support or contradict this barrier role of the Paratethys in the speciation of Paraphlebotomus sandfly. For this purpose, the potential Neogene geographical ranges of Phle