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Description of Simulium damascenoi (Diptera: Simuliidae) Male and the Black-Fly Species from the State of Amapá, Brazil

Five species are included in the Simulium siolii group, which is placed in the subgenus Psaroniocompsa (Diptera: Simuliidae). Of these five species, only two (Simulium siolii Py-Daniel and Simulium tergospinosum Hamada) have been described in all their life stages, except eggs. Knowledge of the taxo...

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Autor principal: Hamada, Neusa
Outros Autores: Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, Luz, Sérgio Luíz Bessa
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2020
Assuntos:
Fly
Fly
Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14537
Resumo:
Five species are included in the Simulium siolii group, which is placed in the subgenus Psaroniocompsa (Diptera: Simuliidae). Of these five species, only two (Simulium siolii Py-Daniel and Simulium tergospinosum Hamada) have been described in all their life stages, except eggs. Knowledge of the taxonomic characters of all life stages of a species is important in order to clarify interspecific and higher-level taxonomic relationships. The objectives of the present study are to describe the male of Simulium damascenoi Py-Daniel, to provide a list of black-fly species their bionomics and distributions in the state of Amapá, Brazil, and to provide an identification key for larvae and pupae for these species.