Simulium cuasiexiguum, a New Blackfly Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu Area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil

The Natural History Museum. Department of Entomology. Biomedical Sciences Theme. London, UK. Biomedical Sciences Theme. London, UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
The Natural History Museum. Department of Entomology. Biomedical Sciences Theme. London, UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
The Natural History Museum. Department of Botany. London, UK.
Fundação Nacional de Saúde. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.

Abstract

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.

Keywords in Portuguese

Simuliidae
Região Neotropical
Taxonomia
Oncocercose
Goiás
Brasil

Keywords

Simuliidae
Neotropica
Taxonomy
Cuasiexiguum
Onchocerciasis
Goiás
Brazil

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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.

Citation

SHELLEY, A. J. et al. Simulium cuasiexiguum, a New Blackfly Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu Area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 96, n. 4, p. 483-496, May 2001.

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10.1590/S0074-02762001000400008

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0074-0276

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/44130

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