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Issue: Vol. 1123 No. 1: 8 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1123.1.2
Page range: 21–37
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 3

Simulium (Chirostilbia) jefersoni, a new species of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the state of Bahia, Brazil

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
Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Teresina n. 476, Adrianópolis, 69.057-070, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil
Diptera Chirostilbia black fly aquatic insects Neotropical Region taxonomy Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina

Abstract

Simulium jefersoni n. sp. is described based on adults, pupae, and larvae collected in Chapada Diamantina National Park and the surrounding area, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Its affinities with other species, distribution, and biology in Brazil are presented. The immature stages of S. jefersoni n. sp. were found in 44% of the 68 streams sampled in the study area. Females did not bite humans in the field.

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