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

2001; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 96; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02762001000400008

ISSN

1678-8060

Autores

A. J. Shelley, APA Luna Dias, Marilza Maia-Herzog, C. A. Lowry, P. R. Garritano, Malcolm Penn, Maristela Martins De Camargo,

Tópico(s)

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Resumo

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.

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