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On the British species of Simulium.—I. the Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

F. W. Edwards
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The theories at present widely accepted regarding the connection between the SIMOLIIDAE and pellagra have brought this family of blood-sucking flies very much to the front in recent years, and have rendered it highly desirable that accurate information should be available concerning the different species, their distribution and habits. It is in the hope that the facts brought forward may be of use at some future time, and that the way may be cleared for further research, that the present investigation has been undertaken. The writer has examined over 1,000 pinned specimens, including the material in the British Museum, the Cambridge Museum and the Edinburgh Museum, together with a large number of additional specimens kindly lent by various private correspondents. The result of this examination will, it is believed, go some way towards an elucidation of the European species of this family.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1915 , pp. 23 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1915

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References

page 23 note *‘Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Dipteren Finlands.vii Melusinidae (Simuliidae).’ Acta societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, xxxiv, no. 12, 1911.Google Scholar

page 23 note †U.S. Dept. of Agric., Bureau of Ent., Technical Ser. no. 26. ‘American Black Flies or Buffalo Gnats.’Google Scholar

page 27 note *This is only a doubtful distinction, as I have seen only one female which can with any reasonable certainty be associated with the males described as S. austeni.Google Scholar

page 37 note *Ent. Mo. Mag., May, 1915.Google Scholar

page 41 note *It is possible that these two forms of the female may represent distinct species, but there are no structural differences.Google Scholar