Simulium (Psilopelmia) virescens, a new black-fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the southwestern region of the state of Bahia, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Neusa Hamada²  Nayra Gomes Da Silva²  Eleny Da Silva Pereira¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaManaus AM ,Brasil

关键词: aquatic insects;    neotropical region;    agricultural region;    São Francisco River basin;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762012000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The last-instar larva, pupa, male and female of Simulium virescens sp. nov. are described and illustrated. This species has a peculiar larva, which has an elongated head capsule and light-green colour. The first thoracic segment has tubercle on its dorsal region and the third thoracic segment has one pair of tubercles; the first to the fourth abdominal segments have one pair of tubercles on each segment. Until now this new species had only been collected at the type locality, which is on the middle stretch of the Correntina River in the southwestern portion of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Females were voraciously biting humans during the field work. This new species represents the second species of Simulium(Psilopelmia) in Brazil and the first registered outside of the Brazilian Amazon Region.

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