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Issue: Vol. 1371 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1371.1.2
Page range: 23–35
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

Simulium nunesdemelloi (Diptera: Simuliidae), a new species of black fly from the northwestern region of Amazonas State, Brazil

1Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Depto. de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, Km 235, CEP 13565-905 Cx Postal 676, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Diptera Division, Simuliidae and Onchocerciasis Research Programme, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Diptera Aquatic insects black fly Simuliidae Amazonia Rio Negro

Abstract

The female, male, pupa, and larva of Simulium nunesdemelloi n. sp. are described and illustrated. The new species shares characters with species in the subgenera S. (Thyrsopelma) and S. (Trichodagmia); the pupa has 19 or 20 gill filaments, similar to the pupa of S. orbitale Lutz, which has 21 to 23 filaments. Simulium nunesdemelloi n. sp. was collected in the Alto Rio Negro region, in the northwestern part of Amazonas State, Brazil.

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