Subgenus Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) Barretto, 1962 Helcocyrtomyia Barretto, 1962: 96 (as subgenus of Lutzomyia). Type species: Phlebotomus peruensis Shannon, 1929, original designation. Additional references: Martins et al. (1978), Williams (1991, taxonomy, distribution); Artemiev (1991, in part), Young & Duncan (1994, references, taxonomy revision), Galati (1995, phylogenetic analysis), Galati (2003, listed, keys), Ibáñez-Bernal et al. (2015, taxonomic history, diagnosis), Shimabukuro et al. (2017, listed), Galati (2018, list of species, key), Galati (2021, classification, keys). Phlebotomus species group Vexator of Fairchild & Hertig, 1957: 325 (species keyed). Phlebotomus species group Sanguinarius of Ortiz, 1965b: 25 (in part). Lutzomyia species group Vexatrix of Theodor, 1965: 183 (defined), Lewis et al., 1977: 325 (as species group Vexator). Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) França: Forattini, 1971: 99 (in part); Forattini, 1973: 212 (in part). Psychodopygus (Trichophoromyia) Barretto: Forattini, 1971: 105 (in part); Forattini, 1973: 416 (in part). Isolutzomyia Artemiev, 1991: 72 (in part). Type species: Lutzomyia cirrita Young & Porter, 1974, by original designation. Lutzomyia (Sauromyia) Artemiev, 1991: 74 (in part). Type species: Phlebotomus oswaldoi Mangabeira, 1942a.

Published as part of Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Durán-Luz, Juana, 2022, An actualized catalogue of the Psychodidae (Diptera) of Mexico and their known distribution by state, pp. 347-408 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6332122