A new species, Simulium (Nevermannia) berchtesgadense (Diptera: Simuliidae), and its chromosomes, from the Alps of southeastern Germany

Gunther SEITZ; PETER H. ADLER; MIRA FORSTER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.2

Issue: Vol. 3937 No. 2: 25 Mar. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.2

Page range: 248–262

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**A new species, Simulium (Nevermannia) berchtesgadense (Diptera: Simuliidae), and its chromosomes, from the Alps of southeastern Germany**

Gunther SEITZ⁺⁻
PETER H. ADLER⁺⁻
MIRA FORSTER⁺⁻

District Government of Lower Bavaria, Regierungsplatz 540, 84028 Landshut, Germany.

Entomology Program, 130 McGinty Court, E-143 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0310 USA.

Water Management Office, Rosenheimerstr. 7, 83278 Traunstein, Germany.

Simulium (Nevermannia) berchtesgadense Simuliidae new record new species black flies polytene chromosomes

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Abstract

Simulium (Nevermannia) berchtesgadense nov. spec. is described from the Alps of southeastern Germany. The morphology and diagnostic characters for all life stages except the egg are given, and the polytene chromosomes are compared with those of other members of the Simulium (Nevermannia) vernum group. The species is chromosomally similar to Simulium (Nevermannia) cryophilum cytoform 'A' but differs morphologically in each life stage. Bionomic information and the associated simuliid fauna are presented.