Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of French Guiana: cytotaxonomy and a preliminary list of species

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Neusa Hamada²  Florence Fouque¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia Manaus AM ,Brasil

关键词: aquatic insects;    polytene chromosomes;    Simulium;    French Guiana;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762001000700012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.) sp1, 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.

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