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Title: | Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of French Guiana: Cytotaxonomy and a Preliminary List of Species |
Authors: | Hamada, Neusa Fouque, Florence |
Keywords: | Diptera Hexapoda Simuliidae Simulium Guianense Simulium Metallicum Simulium Ochraceum Simulium Oyapockense Simulium Perflavum Simulium Quadrifidum Simulium Rorotaense Animals Classification Fly French Guiana Histology Sample Size Species Difference Animal French Guiana Sample Size Simuliidae Species Specificity |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 96, Número 7, Pags. 955-959 |
Abstract: | The objectives of the present study were to broaden the survey of simuliid species in French Guiana and to cytologically analyze the species in the Simulium perflavum species group. Twelve species of Simulium were collected from which S. goeldii, S. quadrifidum, S. trombetense, S. near incrustatum, S. metallicum (s.l.) spl, S. metallicum (s.l.) sp2 and S. ochraceum (s.l.) are reported for the first time for this region. The only species collected in the S. perflavum group was S. rorotaense; 34 larvae of this species were cytologically analyzed, all of which had the standard sequence. S. metallicum (s.l.), S. ochraceum (s.l.), S. guianense (s.l.) and S. oyapockense (s.l.) are involved with transmission of onchocerciasis in Central and South America, however, in French Guiana these species were not found biting humans during the sampling period. With the few collections made during this study, we increase the number of simulid species known in French Guiana from 6 to 13. It is clear that more simuliid species can be expected to be found when more sampling is done, including collections in other ecoregions in French Guiana. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/S0074-02762001000700012 |
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