Simulium cuasiexiguum, a new blackfly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil


Autoria(s): Shelley,AJ; Luna Dias,APA; Maia-Herzog,M; Lowry,CA; Garritano,PR; Penn,M; Camargo,M
Data(s)

01/05/2001

Resumo

During studies of Simuliidae at a suspected new focus of human onchocerciasis in central Brazil a new species of Simulium was found. Full descriptions of the adults and pupae of this species, S. cuasiexiguum, are described here, its affinities to closely related species in the subgenus Notolepria are discussed and its distribution in Brazil recorded.

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Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.96 n.4 2001

Palavras-Chave #Simuliidae #Neotropica #taxonomy #cuasiexiguum #onchocerciasis #Goiás #Brazil
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journal article