[Morphological abnormalities of sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in Albania]

Out of about 15,000 sandflies examined within surveys on leishmaniasis in Albania, morphological abnormalities were recorded in 25 specimens. Among them 21 are Sergentomyia minuta, 3 Phlebotomus papatasi and 1 P. neglectus. Twenty-four were males and one female. In 20 S. minuta and 1 P. neglectus males there was anomaly in the number of spines of the styles, in 2 P. papatasi in spines of the lateral lobes. Another P. papatasi showed very much changed genitalia (gynandromorph?) and in 1 S. minuta female the pigmented spot of the cibarium was absent. Fourteen of the abnormal S. minuta were concentrated in two localities and their occurrence in one biotope was confirmed after 15 years.