Simulium cuasiexiguum, a new blackfly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil

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 ar...

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Main Authors: AJ Shelley, APA Luna Dias, M Maia-Herzog, CA Lowry, PR Garritano, M Penn, M Camargo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000400008