E. MartínezRenato LeónAndrei Daniel MihalcaJean-Pierre DujardinFrançois Le Pont2026-03-222026-03-22202210.1186/s13071-022-05433-1https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05433-1https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/72347A new anthropophilic sand fly species is described as Pi. (Pif.) veintemillasi n. sp. This sand fly species was caught at about 900 m altitude in the Marimonos mountain range, a highly endemic area for cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. Therefore, this species could be involved in the leishmaniasis transmission in the sub-Andean foothills of Alto Beni, Department of La Paz, Bolivia.enAltitude (triangle)SubtropicsEntomologyBiologyEcologyRange (aeronautics)CanopyGallery forestLeishmaniasisGeographyarticle