Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-21
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 5

New morphological information on Simulium cerradense adults and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69.011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Centro Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Teresina n. 476, Adrianópolis, 69.057-070 Manaus,AM, Brazil
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Aquatic insects - black fly - taxonomy Simulium cerradense

Abstract

S. cerradense Coscar n, Cerqueira, Sato & La Salvia (1992) was described based on pharate females and males, and pupae and larvae. Reared adults from the type locality region have different color patterns than those in the original description. The objectives of the present study are to redescribe the scutal color pattern of S. cerradense adults and to provide a list of black fly species collected in streams in the western region of Bahia state, where this fauna is poorly known.

References

  1. Coscarón, S. (1987) El género Simulium Latreille en la región Neotropical: Análisis de los grupos supraespecíficos, especies que los integran y distribución geográfica (Simuliidae,Diptera). Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coleção Emilie Snethlage, Belém, Pará, Brasil, 111 pp.

    Coscarón, S., Cerqueira, R.L., Sato-Schumaker, T.T. & La Salvia Filho, V. (1992) Nuevos datos sobre distribución de simúlidos de Brasil y descripción de Simulium (Coscaroniellum) cerradense sp.n. (Diptera, Simulidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 36, 111–119.

    Crosskey, R.W. & Howard, T.M. (1997) A New Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory of World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum of London, London, 144 pp.

    Py-Daniel, V. (1983) Caracterização de dois novos subgêneros em Simuliidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) neotropicais. Amazoniana, 8, 159–222.

    Sabrosky, C.W. (1966) Mounting insects from alcohol. Bulletin of American Entomological Society, 12, 349.

    Shelley, A.J. & Luna Dias, A.P.A. (1980) Simulium argentiscutum sp. nov. (Diptera: Simuliidae), a member of the S. amazonicum group of species: description of adults, pupa and larva. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 75, 105–111.