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Issue: Vol. 1361 No. 1: 20 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1361.1.6
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the unknown stages of Simulium (Aspathia) sandyi Coscaron, Ibanez-Bernal & Coscaron-Arias (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec N° 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, México
Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec N° 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, México.
Diptera Simuliidae black flies Simulium Aspathia Simulium sandyi morphology description taxonomy

Abstract

The pharate male and the larva of Simulium (Aspathia) sandyi Coscarón, Ibáñez-Bernal & Coscarón-Arias, 1999, are described for the first time, and the female and pupa are redescribed. The most important features of the larva, pupa, male, and female are illustrated, and the previously reported type locality is corrected.

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    Coscarón, S., S. Ibáñez-Bernal & C. Coscarón-Arias. (1999) Revision of Simulium (Simulium) in the Neotropical realm (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae). In: Burger, J.F. (Ed.) Contributions to the knowledge of Diptera. Memoirs on Entomology, International, 14, 543–604.

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