Taxonomy of Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil, with the first description of the male and larva
Author
Hernandez, Luis Miguel
Author
Dias, Antonio Paulino Andrade De Luna
Author
Maia-Herzog, Marilza
Author
Shelley, Anthony John
text
Zootaxa
2006
1275
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.173307
995c1375-94b1-43fb-bdcf-2df564421bd5
11755326
173307
Simulium (Inaequalium
)
souzalopesi
Coscarón
TYPE
MATERIAL
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro State
Pinned
Petrópolis;
12.v.1979
, (
Coscarón
)—1Ψ (reared, pupa glued to a card point) [
HOLOTYPE
] (
MLP
) [The specimen bears several labels: White label in Coscaron’s handwriting with locality information, date, and collector’s name; White label “
Simulium souzalopesi
n. sp.
Det. Coscarón; Red label “HOLOTIPO”. We have added another label: White label “Digitally photographed Thorax (ant.+post.), abdomen L.M.Hernández”; White label “
Simulium souzalopesi
Coscarón Determined L.M.Hernández
”]. Same data as holotype—1Ψ, 1ɗ (reared) [
PARATYPES
, male as ALLOTYPE; the pinned female has lost its pupal exuviae].
Slide
Same data as the holotype—1Ψ, 1ɗ (reared, but not associated with pupa), 1 larva,
3 pupae
(
MLP
) [
PARATYPES
,
2 pupae
have no labels indicating their
type
status, but we assumed they are
paratypes
, as all material collected by Coscarón was designated as such (
Coscarón 1980
)].
Spirit
Same data as for the holotype—several pupae and larvae (
MLP
) [
PARATYPES
, the specimens do not bear labels indicating their
types
status, but we assumed they are
paratypes
as all material collected by Coscarón was designated as such (
Coscarón 1980
)].
Other material
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro State
Pinned
Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 10),
22º27’29’’S
43º12’59’’W
,
1017 m
;
8.x.2005
, (
A.J.Shelley & A.P.A.Luna Dias
)—1Ψ (reared) (
BMNH
).
Spirit
Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697);
23.iii.2005
, (
L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias
)—
1 pupa
(
IOC
).