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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF AND KEYS TO THE IMMATURE BLACK FLIES OF ALBERTA (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D.C. Currie
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Abstract

Fifty-one species or species complexes of black flies are recorded from Alberta representing the following genera: Cnephia Enderlein (1), Ectemnia Enderlein (2), Gymnopais Stone (1), Mayacnephia Wygodzinsky and Coscarón (1), Metacnephia Crosskey (3), Prosimulium Roubaud (12), Simulium Latreille (29), Stegopterna Enderlein (1), and Twinnia Stone and Jamnback (1). An annotated list summarizes what is known about the bionomics and distribution of each species in the province, including notes on their medical and veterinary importance, where applicable. Illustrated keys to the larvae and pupae of Alberta genera and species are provided. Also included in the keys are 3 species that may occur in the province (one of these in the genus Greniera Doby and David), but whose presence has yet to be verified. A review of some structural characters used for the identification of immature stages of black flies is given. Notes on nomenclature of some characters are also provided. A total of 188 figures, including detailed distribution maps for each species in Alberta, are given.

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Cinquante-et-une espèces ou complexes d'espèces de mouches noires sont mentionnées pour l'Alberta, représentant les genres suivants: Cnephia Enderlein (1), Ectemnia Enderlein (2), Gymnopais Stone (1), Mayacnephia Wygodzinsky et Coscarón (1), Metacnephia Crosskey (3), Prosimulium Roubaud (12), Simulium Latreille (29), Stegopterna Enderlein (1), et Twinnia Stone et Jamnback (1). Une liste commentée résume ce qu'il y a de connu sur l'histoire naturelle et la répartition géographique de chaque espèce dans la province, ainsi que sur leur importance médicale et vétérinaire lorsque pertinente. Des tableaux illustrés permettent l'identification des larves et des pupes des genres et des espèces de l'Alberta. Trois espèces pouvant possiblement se trouver dans la province (dont une appartient au genre Greniera Doby et David) mais dont la présence n'a pas encore été vérifiée, sont également inclues dans les tableaux d'identification. L'auteur revoie quelques-uns des caractères structuraux utilisés dans l'identification des stades immatures des mouches noires et discute aussi de la nomenclature de certains de ces caractères. L'ouvrage comprend plus de 188 figures, incluant des cartes détaillées montrant la répartition géographique de chaque espèce en Alberta.

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The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada , Volume 118 , Supplement S134 , 1986 , pp. 5 - 90
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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