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Issue: Vol. 1104 No. 1: 5 Jan. 2006
Type: Article
Published: 2006-01-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1104.1.2
Page range: 23–34
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomy of Simulium guaporense Py-Daniel (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil, with the first description of males and females

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Simuliidae and Onchocerciasis Research Programme, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane, Biodiversidade em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Teresina n. 476, Adrianópolis, 69.057-070, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Diptera Aquatic insects black fly Neotropical region taxonomy Psaroniocompsa Simulium guaporense

Abstract

We describe Simulium guaporense Py-Daniel adults and redescribe some morphological characters of its larvae and pupae based on specimens collected near the type locality in Rondônia State, Brazil. We report this species for the first time in Mato Grosso State. This species was placed originally in the S. siolii species group of the subgenus Psaroniocompsa; however, the thoracic pattern of the adults of S. guaporense is similar to that of species in the S. auristriatum species group. The immature stages were found on deciduous leaves and trailing vegetation in sandy-bottomed streams. Females were collected biting humans.

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