A new species of the Simulium damnosum complex from Uganda, and comparative morphology of the tarsal claws in females of this complex |
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| Authors: | KRÜGER NURMI & GARMS |
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| Institution: | Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The female, male, pupa and larva of Simulium (Edwardsellum) pandanophilum sp. nov. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from western Uganda are described. Diagnostic features are the shape of the tarsal claws of females and, cytogenetically, new intraspecific inversions on chromosomes I and II. Simulium pandanophilum is assigned to the Simulium damnosum complex. Different tarsal claw shapes of West African members of the S. damnosum complex are also described. |
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