New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae)
ABSTRACT Simulium (Inaequalium) Coscarón and Wygodzinsky, 1984 is a homogeneous subgenus widely spread on the Neotropical Region, which the adults can only be reliably identified from linked-reared specimens. Despite many revisionary works only a single character of the pupal gill separates Simulium...
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| author | Leonardo H. Gil-Azevedo Óscar Sánchez Molina |
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| description | ABSTRACT Simulium (Inaequalium) Coscarón and Wygodzinsky, 1984 is a homogeneous subgenus widely spread on the Neotropical Region, which the adults can only be reliably identified from linked-reared specimens. Despite many revisionary works only a single character of the pupal gill separates Simulium diversibranchium Lutz, 1910 from S. mariavulcanoae Coscarón and Wygodzinsky, 1984. Specimens of both species show that S. mariavulcanoae is a junior synonym of S. diversibranchium. The relationship between S. diversibranchium and S. subnigrum Lutz, 1910 needs further investigation. Some features of the pupal gill often used as diagnosis in Simulium (Inaequalium) species, such as the direction of gill filaments or the height of the bifurcation of the secondary or tertiary branches of the pupal gill are highly polymorphic, making its use as diagnostic character not reliable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ba0873ec8d148789bb2cc37e49616282022-12-22T02:42:42ZengSociedade Brasileira de EntomologiaRevista Brasileira de Entomologia1806-966560429329610.1016/j.rbe.2016.08.001S0085-56262016000400293New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae)Leonardo H. Gil-AzevedoÓscar Sánchez MolinaABSTRACT Simulium (Inaequalium) Coscarón and Wygodzinsky, 1984 is a homogeneous subgenus widely spread on the Neotropical Region, which the adults can only be reliably identified from linked-reared specimens. Despite many revisionary works only a single character of the pupal gill separates Simulium diversibranchium Lutz, 1910 from S. mariavulcanoae Coscarón and Wygodzinsky, 1984. Specimens of both species show that S. mariavulcanoae is a junior synonym of S. diversibranchium. The relationship between S. diversibranchium and S. subnigrum Lutz, 1910 needs further investigation. Some features of the pupal gill often used as diagnosis in Simulium (Inaequalium) species, such as the direction of gill filaments or the height of the bifurcation of the secondary or tertiary branches of the pupal gill are highly polymorphic, making its use as diagnostic character not reliable.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400293&lng=en&tlng=enArgentinaBlack flyBrazilNeotropical RegionTaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Leonardo H. Gil-Azevedo Óscar Sánchez Molina New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia Argentina Black fly Brazil Neotropical Region Taxonomy |
| title | New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) |
| title_full | New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) |
| title_fullStr | New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) |
| title_short | New synonymy to Simulium ( Inaequalium ) diversibranchium Lutz, with comments on the Inaequale species-group (Diptera, Simuliidae) |
| title_sort | new synonymy to simulium inaequalium diversibranchium lutz with comments on the inaequale species group diptera simuliidae |
| topic | Argentina Black fly Brazil Neotropical Region Taxonomy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400293&lng=en&tlng=en |
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