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Differences in the larval head patterns and body coloration of members of the Simulium metallicum species complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A.L. Millest
A.L. Millest
Affiliation:
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK and the Department of Biology, University of Southampton, UK
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Abstract

Simulium metallicum Bellardi larvae were collected from a variety of sites in the three onchocerciasis foci in Mexico. Their head patterns and body coloration were scored before the larvae were cytologically analysed. Cytotypes A, B, H and I were collected and in the majority of cases they could be distinguished from each other by larval morphology. An undescribed cytotype (termed cytotype X) was found in Oaxaca which, on the basis of larval morphology, was indistinguishable from cytotype B.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 191 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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