treatments-xml/data/A6/0D/1A/A60D1A29FFF30B67E0D1F8A7C67BF98F.xml
2024-06-21 12:46:44 +02:00

1141 lines
99 KiB
XML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="6363372078B2017AC9B5D656038F60A9" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.5" ID-GBIF-Dataset="75007f42-6e17-49d3-8022-35669d982903" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="284320" ID-ZooBank="D444950C-B742-4000-A9CF-81F42A892349" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1460657268284" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Khazeni, Atefeh, Adler, Peter H., Telmadareiiy, Zakieh, Oshaghi, Mohammad Ali, Vatandoost, Hasan, Abtahi, Seyed Mohammad &amp; Lotfi, Abolfazl" docDate="2013" docId="A60D1A29FFF30B67E0D1F8A7C67BF98F" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03694p074.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3694 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="9" docTitle="Metacnephia" docType="treatment" docVersion="6" lastPageNumber="72" masterDocId="5A346251FFF20B62E046FF86C26FFF88" masterDocTitle="The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran" masterLastPageNumber="74" masterPageNumber="67" pageNumber="68" updateTime="1698345654419" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="664A68833B200FBD0E55C2679FFC998C" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="3878CD231D421F024FE886BAF4D05A1C">
<mods:title id="94A17CDA0CEE62B116FBEC6768D6C8C9">The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="804AC56216334CEFB824FE70929983BA" type="personal">
<mods:role id="9A8C63E88422E04C879C7E5A61DAAA89">
<mods:roleTerm id="D4190B7481337D48A42CD71367428395">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="963D47F73389BE8F598ED49DEBD284F9">Khazeni, Atefeh</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="04AC43AD4910658120C08F47E19C7369" type="personal">
<mods:role id="07DA5C0A0CC287A31E9538ABBB94906D">
<mods:roleTerm id="D95A02067F82E68EF685EE4FEB1E9DCC">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="1BF246FE3E7E5DE28BB8CB9128418CDB">Adler, Peter H.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="FDC0A11AF85C045E969C65DAE1A72F14" type="personal">
<mods:role id="70956B9D10253F3B3600FD1CD796995A">
<mods:roleTerm id="07D6B93A418E29CE552CB2F93A54BBA3">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="6F6DA1B3DA84A18F3429840F572FF4A4">Telmadareiiy, Zakieh</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="EB6B66114332F06B07E9BD49F132A8D3" type="personal">
<mods:role id="AB16087460E1093F01B54FE91F700354">
<mods:roleTerm id="E87FC4DD340D6198148E00A1D91C5B2B">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="7E9DEA01C99E896BCF5A7DFA17DB9795">Oshaghi, Mohammad Ali</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="3B15B799FED13280E2BF403635E11E9B" type="personal">
<mods:role id="281780181CB100B1F370DD3F551173BE">
<mods:roleTerm id="6AEBA805D57F744C18C6D8CE4515BB65">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="44BF29B9D1211E196696DC1A2A87729B">Vatandoost, Hasan</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="C21B935DF4EB3A5A7B678F3C88B13FFD" type="personal">
<mods:role id="71DB06A2893E5A63C15D698A0EB0E6FD">
<mods:roleTerm id="144DFD7B73E9012F1D358586AA0C7701">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="37B73A52C5719A73DF63D6C946B9C8FD">Abtahi, Seyed Mohammad</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="434A41F0E042193C2D2BC5BB133D4B2C" type="personal">
<mods:role id="CF244981B2E9EF7CC92A1E52154BA0B7">
<mods:roleTerm id="F48F5C67BCE1701F2A0BA714162EA97A">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="1D4CA7C96C81F7AC9D6B3D995AD30169">Lotfi, Abolfazl</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="1F830585A936CE34EF11F234426D0BCD">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="D804C306E3041EF62D9D6DADCA3E7954" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="A18FB42B8DCFA5E687BB297A1DDB3336">
<mods:title id="6BF65E5C5871647533AEC00956F81F14">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="5525F412369D369F889C6450F62C93DB">
<mods:date id="B7215821FDEE9F67FC2736BBE76A9D41">2013</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="1E71426EABFA82ABE2855FB1B85D85B4" type="volume">
<mods:number id="32F017554347969ED79AC2806EEA4095">3694</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="497EC2A6F7825649EBC1AAC43DD8B777" type="issue">
<mods:number id="1152CFC24A06DEE1CE95496A3C17A05A">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="F8958E2CC2F683EBB32E70E020D3CF02" unit="page">
<mods:start id="B1F9C245E44AA68BDD7036AD8430E25B">67</mods:start>
<mods:end id="0DD77581186C184296E8BEF39BB8B872">74</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="F2AAAA749C94C69BE4CBD55497D26D9C">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="F19C402475A5D679C3A87E51EBC5AC41" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.5</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="E25D60B948BAA08D0A455E23A01D7D14" type="GBIF-Dataset">75007f42-6e17-49d3-8022-35669d982903</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="CB22BC34E18682867A81BB372FE562DC" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="7C61D15ADA548FF775F01B510416F835" type="Zenodo-Dep">284320</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="C0D9A535035CCB545E9818AC2D816832" type="ZooBank">D444950C-B742-4000-A9CF-81F42A892349</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="A60D1A29FFF30B67E0D1F8A7C67BF98F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5664057" ID-GBIF-Taxon="127665129" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5664057" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A60D1A29FFF30B67E0D1F8A7C67BF98F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A60D1A29FFF30B67E0D1F8A7C67BF98F" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="72" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">
<subSubSection id="66BEF8B4FFF30B60E0D1F8A7C383FF38" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="69" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF30B63E0D1F8A7C02AF8B3" blockId="1.[151,581,1825,1851]" box="[151,581,1825,1851]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">
<heading id="75531C53FFF30B63E0D1F8A7C02AF8B3" bold="true" box="[151,581,1825,1851]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" reason="1">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF30B63E0D1F8A7C02AF8B3" bold="true" box="[151,581,1825,1851]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">
Genus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF30B63E0A8F8A7C3A4F8B3" ID-CoL="5Q7P" ID-ENA="61054" box="[238,459,1825,1851]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Metacnephia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">METACNEPHIA</taxonomicName>
Crosskey
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF30B63E0D1F8E1C075F808" blockId="1.[151,1436,1895,2029]" box="[151,538,1895,1920]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF30B63E0D1F8E1C2C3F808" bold="true" box="[151,172,1895,1920]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF30B63E0F5F8E1C075F808" authority="(Rubtsov)" authorityName="Rubtsov" baseAuthorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,538,1895,1920]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Metacnephia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persica">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF30B63E0F5F8E1C3CDF808" bold="true" box="[179,418,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">Metacnephia persica</emphasis>
(Rubtsov)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF30B63E081F80AC3A5F865" blockId="1.[151,1436,1895,2029]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">
This species is one of five formally described from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF30B63E349F80BC153F82C" box="[783,828,1933,1956]" name="Iran" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Rubtsov 1940). It is known from only one definitive location in the country, the
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF30B63E19DF836C064F840" box="[475,523,1968,1992]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68">type</typeStatus>
locality in Tabriz, Tehran Province (Crosskey 2002), in the Eastern Anatolian Montane Steppe ecoregion.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FF11C383FF38" blockId="2.[151,492,151,176]" box="[151,492,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FF11C383FF38" bold="true" box="[151,492,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
Genus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0ACFF11C310FF38" box="[234,383,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">SIMULIUM</taxonomicName>
Latreille
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="66BEF8B4FFF00B67E0D1FF59C67BF98F" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="72" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="description">
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FF59C047FF70" blockId="2.[151,552,223,248]" box="[151,552,223,248]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FF59C047FF70" bold="true" box="[151,552,223,248]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Subgenus BYSSODON Enderlein</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FEA1C102FDB5" blockId="2.[151,517,295,320]" lastBlockId="2.[151,877,548,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FEA1C102FDB5" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">GRISEICOLLE species-group Subgenus CROSSKEYELLUM Grenier &amp; Bailly-Choumara</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FEE9C06CFE47" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<table id="5CA4599FFFF0F49DE0D1FEE9C7F3FE58" box="[151,1436,367,464]" gridcols="9" gridrows="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FEE9C7F3FE00" box="[151,1436,367,392]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FEE9C08FFE00" box="[151,736,367,392]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FEE9C0B0FE00" bold="true" box="[151,735,367,392]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
2.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0F5FEE9C0B0FE00" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,735,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heptapotamicum" subGenus="Byssodon">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5FEE9C34AFE00" bold="true" box="[179,293,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E173FEE9C3CCFE00" bold="true" box="[309,419,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Byssodon</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E1F2FEE9C01BFE00" bold="true" box="[436,628,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">heptapotamicum</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FE12C7F3FE25" box="[151,1436,404,429]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FE12C08FFE25" box="[151,736,404,429]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Rubtsov (1956) merely lists Iran as part of the</th>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE2ACFE12C104FE25" box="[746,875,404,429]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">distribution</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE333FE12C1E3FE25" box="[885,908,404,429]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">of</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE3D3FE12C1C5FE25" box="[917,938,404,429]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E3D3FE12C1C5FE23" box="[917,938,404,427]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE3F2FE12C619FE25" box="[948,1142,404,429]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E3F2FE12C600FE24" box="[948,1135,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heptapotamicum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E3F2FE12C600FE24" box="[948,1135,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">heptapotamicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4C6FE12C6F3FE25" box="[1152,1180,404,429]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">no</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4E3FE12C69EFE25" box="[1189,1265,404,429]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">further</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4BDFE12C710FE25" box="[1275,1407,404,429]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">information</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE5CFFE12C7F3FE25" box="[1417,1436,404,429]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">is</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FE31C7F3FE58" box="[151,1436,439,464]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FE31C08FFE58" box="[151,736,439,464]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">available for this species in Iran.</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FDEAC0BAFD0D" blockId="2.[151,1436,620,752]" box="[151,725,620,645]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FDEAC0BAFD0D" bold="true" box="[151,725,620,645]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
3.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0F5FDEAC0BAFD0D" authority="Yankovsky" authorityName="Yankovsky" box="[179,725,620,645]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zagros" subGenus="Crosskeyellum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5FDEAC34AFD0D" bold="true" box="[179,293,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E173FDEAC3B1FD0D" bold="true" box="[309,478,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Crosskeyellum</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E1A9FDEAC055FD0B" bold="true" box="[495,570,620,643]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">zagros</emphasis>
(Yankovsky)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E081FD09C694FD78" blockId="2.[151,1436,620,752]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
This species is known from a single female described by Yankovsky (2010) from Lorestan Province. Its occurrence in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF00B60E17DFD33C307FD44" box="[315,360,693,716]" name="Iran" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Iran</collectingCountry>
is oddly disjunct from the only other species in the subgenus
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E406FD32C68BFD44" box="[1088,1252,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Crosskeyellum</emphasis>
, which inhabits
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF00B60E0D1FD5EC36FFD67" box="[151,256,728,751]" name="Morocco" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Morocco</collectingCountry>
. The
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF00B60E17AFD5EC303FD78" box="[316,364,728,752]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">type</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E1D4FD5EC397FD78" box="[402,504,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zagros">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E1D4FD5EC397FD78" box="[402,504,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. zagros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, therefore, requires restudy to test its current subgeneric assignment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FCC2C02DFCD5" blockId="2.[151,578,836,861]" box="[151,578,836,861]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FCC2C02DFCD5" bold="true" box="[151,578,836,861]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E157FCC2C3A2FCD5" box="[273,461,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Eusimulium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">EUSIMULIUM</taxonomicName>
Roubaud
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FC0AC712FC2C" blockId="2.[151,1405,908,933]" box="[151,1405,908,933]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
The following two members of the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E265FC0AC0FCFC2C" box="[547,659,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E265FC0AC0FCFC2C" box="[547,659,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. aureum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group previously have been identified morphologically from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF00B60E50EFC0BC716FC2C" box="[1352,1401,909,932]" name="Iran" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Iran</collectingCountry>
:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FC52C16FFC65" blockId="2.[151,1436,980,1077]" box="[151,768,980,1005]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FC52C16FFC65" bold="true" box="[151,768,980,1005]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
4.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0F5FC52C16FFC65" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,768,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachyantherum" subGenus="Eusimulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5FC52C34AFC65" bold="true" box="[179,293,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E173FC52C3ABFC65" bold="true" box="[309,452,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Eusimulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E192FC52C0FAFC65" bold="true" box="[468,661,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">brachyantherum</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E081FC7EC7FFFBBD" blockId="2.[151,1436,980,1077]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
A series of larvae, pupae, males, and females was examined from the Elburz Mountains by Crosskey (2002) and assigned tentatively to
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E18EFB9AC0F2FBBC" box="[456,669,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachyantherum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E18EFB9AC0F2FBBC" box="[456,669,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. brachyantherum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The record falls within the Elburz Range Forest Steppe ecoregion.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FBE2C3C0FB4C" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<table id="5CA4599FFFF0F49DE0D1FBE2C7F3FB4D" box="[151,1436,1124,1221]" gridcols="8" gridrows="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FBE2C7F3FBF5" box="[151,1436,1124,1149]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FBE2C0B0FBF5" box="[151,735,1124,1149]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FBE2C034FBF5" bold="true" box="[151,603,1124,1149]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
5.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0F5FBE2C034FBF5" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,603,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucicuspis" subGenus="Eusimulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5FBE2C34AFBF5" bold="true" box="[179,293,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E173FBE2C3ABFBF5" bold="true" box="[309,452,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Eusimulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E192FBE2C034FBF5" bold="true" box="[468,603,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">paucicuspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FB01C7F3FB28" box="[151,1436,1159,1184]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FB01C0B0FB28" box="[151,735,1159,1184]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">A single male from the Caspian Sea coast in the</th>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE2A0FB01C12FFB28" box="[742,832,1159,1184]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Caspian</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE301FB01C1D4FB28" box="[839,955,1159,1184]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Hycranian</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE385FB01C663FB28" box="[963,1036,1159,1184]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Mixed</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE455FB01C60BFB28" box="[1043,1124,1159,1184]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Forests</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE42DFB01C6B6FB28" box="[1131,1241,1159,1184]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">ecoregion</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4A6FB01C71BFB28" box="[1248,1396,1159,1184]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">was recorded</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE53DFB01C7F3FB28" box="[1403,1436,1159,1184]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">for</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1FB2AC7F3FB4D" box="[151,1436,1196,1221]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1FB2AC0B0FB4D" box="[151,735,1196,1221]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Iran by Crosskey (2002).</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FB72C03FFA85" blockId="2.[151,1436,1268,1437]" box="[151,592,1268,1293]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0D1FB72C3DEFA85" authority="(Eusimulium)" baseAuthorityName="Eusimulium" box="[151,433,1268,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FB72C3DEFA85" bold="true" box="[151,433,1268,1293]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FB72C366FA85" bold="true" box="[151,265,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E15FFB72C3C7FA85" bold="true" box="[281,424,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Eusimulium</emphasis>
)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphoforms
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E081FA9EC30CFADD" blockId="2.[151,1436,1268,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Our larval collections in ethanol could not be analyzed chromosomally and, therefore, are recorded here to the level of subgenus.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E081FAD9C776FA14" blockId="2.[151,1436,1268,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E081FAD9C30AFAF0" bold="true" box="[199,357,1375,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">New records:</emphasis>
Site 2 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E1FCFAE6C07BFAF0" box="[442,532,1375,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E27BFAE6C0A9FAF0" box="[573,710,1376,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2010-09-04">4 Sept 2010</date>
; 1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E303FAD9C1A3FAF0" box="[837,972,1375,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2010-11-05">5 Nov 2010</date>
), Site 5 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E469FAE6C6E8FAF0" box="[1071,1159,1375,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">8 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E4F7FAE6C731FAF0" box="[1201,1374,1375,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2011-03-21">21 March 2011</date>
), Site 9 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E0F3FA02C361FA15" box="[181,270,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E17FFA02C388FA14" box="[313,487,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2012-03-28">28 March 2012</date>
), Site 11 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E21EFA02C0DDFA15" box="[600,690,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">5 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E29AFA02C11AFA14" box="[732,885,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2012-05-12">12 May 2012</date>
), Site 12 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E3A1FA02C62FFA15" box="[999,1088,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E42DFA02C762FA14" box="[1131,1293,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2012-04-27">27 April 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1FA4AC046FA6D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1484,1797]" box="[151,553,1484,1509]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0D1FA4AC3DEFA6D" authority="(Eusimulium)" baseAuthorityName="Eusimulium" box="[151,433,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FA4AC3DEFA6D" bold="true" box="[151,433,1484,1509]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1FA4AC366FA6D" bold="true" box="[151,265,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E15FFA4AC3C7FA6D" bold="true" box="[281,424,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Eusimulium</emphasis>
)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cytoforms
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E081FA76C627F88D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1484,1797]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
We found two chromosomally distinct species of the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E373FA76C1C6F980" box="[821,937,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E373FA76C1C6F980" box="[821,937,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. aureum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, neither of which has been reported previously in the literature and neither of which could yet be tied to a nominal species. One of these species, based on a larva taken near Tehran (Site 2,
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E27CF9B1C027F9D8" box="[570,584,1591,1616]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2010-11-05">5</date>
Nov 2010), is chromosomally similar to
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E45AF9BEC32AF9FD" authority="Santos Abreu" authorityName="Santos Abreu" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinum" subGenus="Eusimulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E45AF9BEC6E9F9D8" box="[1052,1158,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E4D0F9BEC773F9D8" box="[1174,1308,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Eusimulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E56BF9BEC7F3F9D8" box="[1325,1436,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">velutinum</emphasis>
(Santos Abreu)
</taxonomicName>
, but had 2 additional homozygous inversions in IS. Whether the larva represents true
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E557F9DAC7F4F9FC" box="[1297,1435,1628,1652]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E557F9DAC7F4F9FC" box="[1297,1435,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or a closely related species must await further sampling. The second species, which previously had been found in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF00B60E0D1F922C296F935" box="[151,249,1700,1725]" name="Armenia" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Armenia</collectingCountry>
(Adler, unpublished), is based on
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF00B60E2C8F922C084F935" box="[654,747,1700,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
collected from North Khorasan Province (Site 11,
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF00B60E504F922C731F934" box="[1346,1374,1700,1724]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" value="2012-05-12">12</date>
May 2012). These larvae had unique sequences in all 4 arms, but to determine if some of the inverted sequences represent polymorphisms, rather than fixed inversions, requires additional sampling.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B61E0D1F8CBC009FF38" blockId="2.[151,627,1869,1894]" lastBlockId="3.[151,614,151,176]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="70" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B61E0D1F8CBC009FF38" bold="true" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="70" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Subgenus MONTISIMULIUM Rubtsov Subgenus NEVERMANNIA Enderlein</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF00B60E0D1F813C337F87E" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<table id="5CA4599FFFF0F49DE0D1F813C7F4F87E" box="[151,1435,1941,2038]" gridcols="10" gridrows="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1F813C7F4F826" box="[151,1435,1941,1966]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1" rowspan-9="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1F813C17BF826" box="[151,788,1941,1966]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0D1F813C2C3F826" bold="true" box="[151,172,1941,1966]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E0F5F813C0B8F826" authority="(Djafarov)" authorityName="Djafarov" baseAuthorityName="Djafarov" box="[179,727,1941,1966]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="assadovi" subGenus="Montisimulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5F813C035F826" bold="true" box="[179,602,1941,1966]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E0F5F813C34AF826" bold="true" box="[179,293,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E173F813C387F826" bold="true" box="[309,488,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Montisimulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E1BEF813C035F826" bold="true" box="[504,602,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">assadovi</emphasis>
</emphasis>
(Djafarov)
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1F83FC7F4F85A" box="[151,1435,1977,2002]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1F83FC17BF85A" box="[151,788,1977,2002]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">
The Iranian record for
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF00B60E181F83CC02AF859" box="[455,581,1977,2001]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="assadovi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF00B60E181F83CC02AF859" box="[455,581,1977,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">S. assadovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is based on larvae
</th>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE35AF83FC1EEF85A" box="[796,897,1977,2002]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">collected</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE3CEF83FC1F1F85A" box="[904,926,1977,2002]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">in</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE3E3F83FC1A8F85A" box="[933,967,1977,2002]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">the</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE389F83FC6F7F85A" box="[975,1176,1977,2002]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Elburz Mountains</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4D9F83FC6D4F85A" box="[1183,1211,1977,2002]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">23</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE484F83FC689F85A" box="[1218,1254,1977,2002]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">km</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE4A8F83FC746F85A" box="[1262,1321,1977,2002]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">north</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE576F83FC728F85A" box="[1328,1351,1977,2002]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">of</td>
<td id="D345C001FFF0F49DE508F83FC7F4F85A" box="[1358,1435,1977,2002]" gridcol="9" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Tehran</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9094A97DFFF0F49DE0D1F85BC7F4F87E" box="[151,1435,2013,2038]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1" rowspan-9="1">
<th id="D345C001FFF0F49DE0D1F85BC17BF87E" box="[151,788,2013,2038]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">(Crosskey 2002).</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FF59C385FF70" blockId="3.[151,490,223,248]" box="[151,490,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FF59C385FF70" bold="true" box="[151,490,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">RUFICORNE species-group</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FEA1C0BEFEC8" blockId="3.[151,1436,295,501]" box="[151,721,295,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FEA1C0BEFEC8" bold="true" box="[151,721,295,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
7.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0F5FEA1C0BEFEC8" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,721,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevitarse" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0F5FEA1C34AFEC8" bold="true" box="[179,293,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E173FEA1C3BDFEC8" bold="true" box="[309,466,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Nevermannia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E1A4FEA1C03CFEC8" bold="true" box="[482,595,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">brevitarse</emphasis>
(Rubtsov)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FECAC09DFE58" blockId="3.[151,1436,295,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
The larvae of this species have not been described, but our identifications of larvae were based on the similarity of the pupal gill histoblasts to published descriptions of the pupal gill. The only previous record of this species in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E15EFE13C32AFE24" box="[280,325,405,428]" name="Iran" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Iran</collectingCountry>
is from the Elburz Mountains (Crosskey 2002). Our collections of larvae from two distinct ecoregions suggest the possibility of multiple species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FE5AC6EEFE7C" blockId="3.[151,1436,295,501]" box="[199,1153,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E081FE5AC309FE7D" bold="true" box="[199,358,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">New records:</emphasis>
Site 11 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E18CFE5AC04CFE7D" box="[458,547,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">4 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E208FE5AC088FE7C" box="[590,743,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-05-12">12 May 2012</date>
), Site 13 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E31FFE5AC1DDFE7D" box="[857,946,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">6 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E39BFE5AC619FE7C" box="[989,1142,476,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FDA2C095FDB5" blockId="3.[151,1436,548,680]" box="[151,762,548,573]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FDA2C095FDB5" bold="true" box="[151,762,548,573]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
8.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0F5FDA2C095FDB5" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,762,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicaulum" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0F5FDA2C34AFDB5" bold="true" box="[179,293,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E173FDA2C3BDFDB5" bold="true" box="[309,466,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Nevermannia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E1A4FDA2C013FDB5" bold="true" box="[482,636,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">crassicaulum</emphasis>
(Rubtsov)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FDCEC363FD0D" blockId="3.[151,1436,548,680]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
We record this species, previously known only from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E30FFDC1C1A5FDE8" box="[841,970,583,608]" name="Uzbekistan" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Uzbekistan</collectingCountry>
, for the first time from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E4B0FDCEC74CFDD7" box="[1270,1315,584,607]" name="Iran" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Lorestan Province).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FD09C105FD20" blockId="3.[151,1436,548,680]" box="[199,874,655,680]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E081FD09C334FD20" bold="true" box="[199,347,655,680]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">New record:</emphasis>
Site 13 (1 larva and
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E202FD16C0F3FD2F" box="[580,668,656,680]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="pupa">2 pupae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E280FD09C130FD20" box="[710,863,655,680]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FD7AC07CFC9D" blockId="3.[151,531,764,789]" box="[151,531,764,789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FD7AC07CFC9D" bold="true" box="[151,531,764,789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E157FD7AC3C9FC9D" box="[273,422,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">SIMULIUM</taxonomicName>
Latreille
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FCC2C3CEFCD5" blockId="3.[151,417,836,861]" box="[151,417,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FCC2C3CEFCD5" bold="true" box="[151,417,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0D1FCC2C297FCD5" box="[151,248,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bezzii">BEZZII</taxonomicName>
species-group
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FC0AC016FC2D" blockId="3.[151,1436,908,1112]" box="[151,633,908,933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FC0AC079FC2D" bold="true" box="[151,534,908,933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
9.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0F5FC0AC079FC2D" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[179,534,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alajense" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0F5FC0AC34AFC2D" bold="true" box="[179,293,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E173FC0AC3C8FC2D" bold="true" box="[309,423,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E1F1FC0AC079FC2D" bold="true" box="[439,534,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">alajense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FC36C1FCFBBC" blockId="3.[151,1436,908,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
We identified this species chromosomally, based on the marked similarity with chromosomal material studied by Adler (unpublished) in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E185FC52C05FFC65" box="[451,560,980,1005]" name="Mongolia" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
more than
<quantity id="E95C06DAFFF10B61E2F6FC52C17BFC65" box="[688,788,980,1005]" metricMagnitude="6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" unit="km" value="3500.0">3500 km</quantity>
to the northeast. In the absence of associated adults from either country, the name
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E1F2FC7EC07EFB98" box="[436,529,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alajense">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E1F2FC7EC07EFB98" box="[436,529,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">alajense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is linked tentatively with the material, which actually might represent one of the other members of the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E1CAFB9AC387FBBC" box="[396,488,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bezzii">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E1CAFB9AC387FBBC" box="[396,488,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. bezzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group, such as
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E2B7FB9AC1E4FBBC" box="[753,907,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coarctatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E2B7FB9AC1E4FBBC" box="[753,907,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. coarctatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FBB9C085FBD0" blockId="3.[151,1436,908,1112]" box="[199,746,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E081FBB9C334FBD0" bold="true" box="[199,347,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">New record:</emphasis>
Site 7 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E1F4FBC6C075FBD0" box="[434,538,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">18 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E202FBC6C0B1FBD0" box="[580,734,1088,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-05-14">14 May 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1FB01C031FB28" blockId="3.[151,1436,1159,1509]" box="[151,606,1159,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1FB01C031FB28" bold="true" box="[151,606,1159,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
10.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E087FB01C031FB28" authority="Corti" authorityName="Corti" box="[193,606,1159,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bezzii" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E087FB01C35CFB28" bold="true" box="[193,307,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E105FB01C3DAFB28" bold="true" box="[323,437,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E182FB01C06BFB28" bold="true" box="[452,516,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">bezzii</emphasis>
(Corti)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FB2AC056FAB8" blockId="3.[151,1436,1159,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E081FB2AC318FB4C" box="[199,375,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bezzii">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E081FB2AC318FB4C" box="[199,375,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium bezzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, previously known in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E234FB2BC0F0FB4C" box="[626,671,1197,1220]" name="Iran" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Iran</collectingCountry>
from a single collection
<quantity id="E95C06DAFFF10B61E3F3FB2AC193FB4D" box="[949,1020,1196,1221]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" unit="km" value="26.0">26 km</quantity>
northeast of Tehran (Crosskey 2002) was common in our samples. Our chromosomal examination of larvae indicated the presence of at least two cytological forms, based on inversion differences in the long arm of chromosome III, one cytoform across northern
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E0D1FA9EC2ABFAA7" box="[151,196,1304,1327]" name="Iran" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Iran</collectingCountry>
and the other in Doaab (Site 13).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081FABAC6C9FA6C" blockId="3.[151,1436,1159,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E081FABAC309FADD" bold="true" box="[199,358,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">New records:</emphasis>
Site 1 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E1F8FABAC049FADD" box="[446,550,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">20 larvae</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E218FABAC0ABFADC" box="[606,708,1340,1364]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="pupa">10 pupae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E2A9FABAC111FADC" box="[751,894,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-02-28">28 Feb 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E3CDFABAC18BFADD" box="[907,996,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E449FABAC6A0FADC" box="[1039,1231,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2011-10-14">14 October 2011</date>
), Site 2 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E575FABAC7F4FADD" box="[1331,1435,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">33 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E0FFFAE6C32EFAF0" box="[185,321,1376,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2010-09-04">4 Sept 2010</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E10AFAD9C3DDFAF0" box="[332,434,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">50 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E19DFAD9C00DFAF0" box="[475,610,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2010-11-05">5 Nov 2010</date>
), Site 3 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E283FAE6C172FAF0" box="[709,797,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E300FAE6C1A1FAF0" box="[838,974,1376,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2010-09-07">7 Sept 2010</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E39FFAD9C65EFAF0" box="[985,1073,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">6 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E41CFAE6C68EFAF0" box="[1114,1249,1376,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2010-11-09">9 Nov 2010</date>
), Site 7 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E504FAE6C7F4FAF0" box="[1346,1435,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E0FDFA02C321FA14" box="[187,334,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-02-29">29 Feb 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E11CFA02C3ACFA15" box="[346,451,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">19 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E1B6FA02C0CEFA14" box="[496,673,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-03-27">27 March 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E2E8FA02C167FA15" box="[686,776,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E373FA02C1BDFA14" box="[821,978,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-05-14">14 May 2012</date>
), Site 9 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E47CFA02C6FAFA15" box="[1082,1173,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">5 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E484FA02C71CFA14" box="[1218,1395,1412,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-03-28">28 March 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E5C6FA02C2B4FA48" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">45 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E142FA21C3F3FA48" box="[260,412,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-05-16">16 May 2012</date>
), Site 10 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E24AFA21C01CFA48" box="[524,627,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">16 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E2DAFA2EC153FA48" box="[668,828,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-04-18">18 April 2012</date>
), Site 11 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E3ECFA2EC67EFA48" box="[938,1041,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">33 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E47DFA2EC6BCFA48" box="[1083,1235,1448,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-05-12">12 May 2012</date>
), Site 12 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E505FA21C7F4FA48" box="[1347,1435,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">5 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E0FCFA4AC334FA6C" box="[186,347,1484,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-04-27">27 April 2012</date>
), Site 13 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E18BFA4AC049FA6D" box="[461,550,1484,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">7 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E216FA4AC087FA6C" box="[592,744,1484,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
), Site 15 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E31FFA4AC1AEFA6D" box="[857,961,1484,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="larva">20 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF10B61E3AAFA4AC6F4FA6C" box="[1004,1179,1484,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" value="2011-03-18">18 March 2011</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1F992C0DFF9A5" blockId="3.[151,1261,1556,1688]" box="[151,688,1556,1581]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1F992C0DFF9A5" bold="true" box="[151,688,1556,1581]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
11.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0F9F992C0DFF9A5" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[191,688,1556,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coarctatum" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0F9F992C35EF9A5" bold="true" box="[191,305,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E107F992C3DCF9A5" bold="true" box="[321,435,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E185F992C029F9A3" bold="true" box="[451,582,1556,1579]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">coarctatum</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081F9B1C0AAF9FD" blockId="3.[151,1261,1556,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
Yankovsky (2010) identified a single female of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E29BF9BEC118F9D8" box="[733,887,1592,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coarctatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E29BF9BEC118F9D8" box="[733,887,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. coarctatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Lorestan Province.
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1F9DAC2D6F9FD" bold="true" box="[151,185,1628,1653]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">12.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E087F9DAC0AAF9FD" authority="(Yankovsky)" authorityName="Yankovsky" baseAuthorityName="Yankovsky" box="[193,709,1628,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iranicum" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E087F9DAC040F9FD" bold="true" box="[193,559,1628,1653]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E087F9DAC35CF9FD" bold="true" box="[193,307,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E105F9DAC3DAF9FD" bold="true" box="[323,437,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E182F9DAC040F9FD" bold="true" box="[452,559,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">iranicum</emphasis>
</emphasis>
(Yankovsky)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E081F9F9C682F910" blockId="3.[151,1261,1556,1688]" box="[199,1261,1663,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
This species was described from
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF10B61E27CF906C0DBF910" box="[570,692,1663,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" type="female">10 females</specimenCount>
collected in Lorestan Province (Yankovsky 2010).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1F96AC3A4F88D" blockId="3.[151,459,1772,1797]" box="[151,459,1772,1797]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E0D1F96AC346F88D" box="[151,297,1772,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1F96AC346F88D" bold="true" box="[151,297,1772,1797]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">ORNATUM</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1F8B2C041F8F8" blockId="3.[151,1436,1844,1904]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
Along with
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E16AF8B2C3FFF8C4" box="[300,400,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bezzii">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E16AF8B2C3FFF8C4" box="[300,400,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. bezzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E238F8B2C09FF8C4" box="[638,752,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Wilhelmia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E238F8B2C09FF8C4" box="[638,752,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E371F8B2C1D5F8C4" box="[823,954,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E371F8B2C1D5F8C4" box="[823,954,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group was the most commonly represented taxon in our collections.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B61E0D1F826C0D5F831" blockId="3.[151,1436,1952,2013]" box="[151,698,1952,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E0D1F826C0D5F831" bold="true" box="[151,698,1952,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
13.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E087F826C0D5F831" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[193,698,1952,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E087F826C35CF831" bold="true" box="[193,307,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E105F826C3DAF831" bold="true" box="[323,437,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E182F826C021F831" bold="true" box="[452,590,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">kiritshenkoi</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF10B66E081F842C309FE0F" blockId="3.[151,1436,1952,2013]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,573]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="71" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF10B61E081F842C289F854" box="[199,230,1988,2012]" name="American Samoa" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">As</collectingCountry>
a member of the chromosomally diverse and morphologically homogeneous
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF10B61E4D5F842C77AF854" box="[1171,1301,1988,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF10B61E4D5F842C77AF854" box="[1171,1301,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="70">S. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, the identification of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E113FF1EC398FF38" box="[341,503,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E113FF1EC398FF38" box="[341,503,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. kiritshenkoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is problematic. The
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF60B66E2A0FF1EC179FF38" box="[742,790,152,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">type</typeStatus>
(female) of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E3E1FF1EC626FF38" box="[935,1097,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E3E1FF1EC626FF38" box="[935,1097,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. kiritshenkoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was collected in the Shahrud area of northern
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E114FF3BC310FF5C" box="[338,383,189,212]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E1ECFF3AC02BFF5C" box="[426,580,188,213]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="1944-05-26">26 May 1944</date>
. We examined the chromosomes of larvae from North Khorasan and Tehran Provinces, within
<quantity id="E95C06DAFFF60B66E12AFF59C396FF70" box="[364,505,223,248]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" unit="km" value="275.0" valueMax="300.0" valueMin="250.0">250-300 km</quantity>
both east and west of Shahrud. These samples were chromosomally cohesive, suggesting that they represent the
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF60B66E273FE83C00AFE95" box="[565,613,261,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">type</typeStatus>
specimen and can be considered
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E442FE82C747FE94" box="[1028,1320,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
bona fide
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E4C7FE82C747FE94" box="[1153,1320,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi">S. kiritshenkoi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. We also tentatively consider a population in Doaab (Alashtar; Site 13) to be
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E3D8FEAEC62FFEC8" box="[926,1088,296,320]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E3D8FEAEC62FFEC8" box="[926,1088,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. kiritshenkoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although it is chromosomally different from populations in northern
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E217FECBC0EDFEEC" box="[593,642,333,356]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
. Crosskey (2002) provided additional, morphologically based records for
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E0F8FEF6C330FE00" box="[190,351,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiritshenkoi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0F8FEF6C330FE00" box="[190,351,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. kiritshenkoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FE12C61DFDB4" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E081FE12C30AFE25" bold="true" box="[199,357,404,429]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">New records:</emphasis>
Site 2 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E1FDFE12C07BFE25" box="[443,532,404,429]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">6 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E278FE12C0A9FE24" box="[574,710,404,428]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2010-09-04">4 Sept 2010</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E297FE12C145FE25" box="[721,810,404,429]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">9 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E312FE12C1B4FE24" box="[852,987,404,429]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2010-11-05">5 Nov 2010</date>
), Site 3 (1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E4F2FE13C753FE24" box="[1204,1340,404,428]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2010-09-07">7 Sept 2010</date>
), Site 6? (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E0E6FE3EC294FE58" box="[160,251,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E16CFE3EC3D1FE58" box="[298,446,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-02-23">23 Feb 2012</date>
), Site 7 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E26EFE3EC0EBFE58" box="[552,644,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E2F5FE3EC129FE58" box="[691,838,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-02-29">29 Feb 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E315FE3EC1D2FE58" box="[851,957,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">17 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E3ADFE3EC6F1FE58" box="[1003,1182,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-03-27">27 March 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E4EDFE3EC77AFE58" box="[1195,1301,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">10 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E505FE3EC2BCFE7C" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-05-14">14 May 2012</date>
), Site 8 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E17FFE5AC3FBFE7D" box="[313,404,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">6 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E186FE5AC03DFE7C" box="[448,594,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-02-24">24 Feb 2012</date>
), Site 9 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E2FEFE5AC14EFE7D" box="[696,801,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">45 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E30BFE5AC191FE7C" box="[845,1022,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-03-28">28 March 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E44CFE5AC61DFE7D" box="[1034,1138,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">45 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E4D8FE5AC756FE7C" box="[1182,1337,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-05-16">16 May 2012</date>
), Site 11 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E0D9FD86C367FD90" box="[159,264,511,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">24 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E175FD86C3A1FD90" box="[307,462,512,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-05-12">12 May 2012</date>
), Site 12 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E207FE79C0C5FD90" box="[577,682,511,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">50 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E290FD86C117FD90" box="[726,888,511,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-04-27">27 April 2012</date>
), Site 13 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E3ADFD86C63AFD90" box="[1003,1109,511,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">20 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E4C6FE79C776FD90" box="[1152,1305,511,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
), Site 15 (1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E0BFFDA2C3C9FDB4" box="[249,422,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2011-03-18">18 March 2011</date>
; 1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E26FFDA2C0D1FDB4" box="[553,702,548,572]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2011-08-22">22 Aug 2011</date>
), Site 16 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E368FDA2C1CAFDB5" box="[814,933,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">200 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E389FDA2C608FDB4" box="[975,1127,548,572]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-08-10">10 Aug 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FDEAC0DCFD0D" blockId="4.[151,1436,620,752]" box="[151,691,620,645]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FDEAC0DCFD0D" bold="true" box="[151,691,620,645]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
14.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E087FDEAC0DCFD0D" authority="Terteryan" authorityName="Terteryan" box="[193,691,620,645]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fontanum" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E087FDEAC35CFD0D" bold="true" box="[193,307,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E105FDEAC3DAFD0D" bold="true" box="[323,437,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E182FDEAC05AFD0D" bold="true" box="[452,565,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">fontanum</emphasis>
Terteryan
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FD09C078FD78" blockId="4.[151,1436,620,752]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
The only known record of this species in Iran—a single male with its pupal exuviae—is from the Elburz Mountains (Crosskey 2002). The identity of this species needs to be resolved chromosomally vis à vis other Asian members of the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E10AFD5EC3A8FD78" box="[332,455,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E10AFD5EC3A8FD78" box="[332,455,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FCC2C06EFCD5" blockId="4.[151,513,836,861]" box="[151,513,836,861]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FCC2C06EFCD5" bold="true" box="[151,513,836,861]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E0D1FCC2C338FCD5" box="[151,343,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegatum">VARIEGATUM</taxonomicName>
species-group
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FC0AC0CCFC2D" blockId="4.[151,1436,908,1112]" box="[151,675,908,933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FC0AC028FC2D" bold="true" box="[151,583,908,933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
15.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E087FC0AC028FC2D" authority="Meigen" authorityName="Meigen" box="[193,583,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegatum" subGenus="Simulium">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E087FC0AC35CFC2D" bold="true" box="[193,307,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E105FC0AC3DAFC2D" bold="true" box="[323,437,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E182FC0AC028FC2D" bold="true" box="[452,583,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">variegatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
Meigen
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FC29C61BFB87" blockId="4.[151,1436,908,1112]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
Crosskey (2002) provided the first record of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E298FC36C110FC4F" box="[734,895,944,967]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E298FC36C110FC4F" box="[734,895,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. variegatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E3F1FC36C188FC4F" box="[951,999,944,967]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
, a single collection of larvae, pupae, females, and males from the Elburz Mountains. We provide a chromosomally verified record from Doaab (Site 13), based on a female larva with the basic banding sequence characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E394FC7EC602FB87" box="[978,1133,1016,1039]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E394FC7EC602FB87" box="[978,1133,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. variegatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FB9AC354FBD0" blockId="4.[151,1436,908,1112]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E081FB9AC309FBBD" bold="true" box="[199,358,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">New records:</emphasis>
Site 3 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E1F9FB9AC076FBBD" box="[447,537,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">5 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E202FB9AC0A2FBBC" box="[580,717,1052,1076]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2010-11-09">9 Nov 2010</date>
), Site 8? (7 small larvae on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E44EFB9AC6D8FBBC" box="[1032,1207,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-03-26">26 March 2012</date>
), Site 13 (1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E0D1FBB9C35FFBD0" box="[151,304,1087,1112]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FB2AC018FB4D" blockId="4.[151,631,1196,1221]" box="[151,631,1196,1221]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FB2AC018FB4D" bold="true" box="[151,631,1196,1221]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Subgenus TRICHODAGMIA Enderlein</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FB72C38EFA85" blockId="4.[151,481,1268,1293]" box="[151,481,1268,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FB72C38EFA85" bold="true" box="[151,481,1268,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">ALBELLUM species-group</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FABAC09DFADD" blockId="4.[151,1436,1340,1437]" box="[151,754,1340,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FABAC09DFADD" bold="true" box="[151,754,1340,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
16.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E087FABAC09DFADD" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[193,754,1340,1365]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="margaritae" subGenus="Trichodagmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E087FABAC35CFADD" bold="true" box="[193,307,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E105FABAC38AFADD" bold="true" box="[323,485,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Trichodagmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E1B3FABAC01BFADD" bold="true" box="[501,628,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">margaritae</emphasis>
(Rubtsov)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FAD9C0F4FA14" blockId="4.[151,1436,1340,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
The Iranian record for this species comes from a veterinary report of biting problems on cattle in the Arasbaran area of northwestern
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E1C2FA03C3DEFA14" box="[388,433,1413,1436]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Nikdel et al. 2003).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1FA4AC175FA6D" blockId="4.[151,1436,1484,1688]" box="[151,794,1484,1509]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1FA4AC175FA6D" bold="true" box="[151,794,1484,1509]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
17.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E087FA4AC175FA6D" authority="Enderlein" authorityName="Enderlein" box="[193,794,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transcaspicum" subGenus="Trichodagmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E087FA4AC35CFA6D" bold="true" box="[193,307,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E105FA4AC38AFA6D" bold="true" box="[323,485,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Trichodagmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E1B3FA4AC0F2FA6D" bold="true" box="[501,669,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">transcaspicum</emphasis>
Enderlein
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081FA69C3C6F9FD" blockId="4.[151,1436,1484,1688]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
Previous Iranian records of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E1B9FA76C0D0F98F" box="[511,703,1520,1543]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transcaspicum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E1B9FA76C0D0F98F" box="[511,703,1520,1543]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">S. transcaspicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E2A5FA76C17FF98F" box="[739,784,1520,1543]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
are of adults from the Elburz Mountains and Caspian Sea coast (Crosskey 2002). We provide the worlds southernmost record for this species. Our collection was based only on larvae. Additional life stages from this area should be studied to determine if the material is conspecific with the
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF60B66E0D1F9DBC2A8F9FD" box="[151,199,1629,1653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">type</typeStatus>
from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E14DF9DAC3CAF9FD" box="[267,421,1628,1653]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E081F9F9C16FF910" blockId="4.[151,1436,1484,1688]" box="[199,768,1663,1688]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E081F9F9C334F910" bold="true" box="[199,347,1663,1688]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">New record:</emphasis>
Site 14 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF60B66E1F9F906C047F910" box="[447,552,1663,1688]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" type="larva">40 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF60B66E214F9F9C09BF910" box="[594,756,1663,1688]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" value="2012-04-15">15 April 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1F96AC053F88D" blockId="4.[151,572,1772,1797]" box="[151,572,1772,1797]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1F96AC053F88D" bold="true" box="[151,572,1772,1797]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E157F96AC3D0F88D" box="[273,447,1772,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Wilhelmia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">WILHELMIA</taxonomicName>
Enderlein
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1F8B2C3A4F8C5" blockId="4.[151,459,1844,1869]" box="[151,459,1844,1869]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1F8B2C3A4F8C5" bold="true" box="[151,459,1844,1869]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">EQUINUM species-group</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B66E0D1F8FAC0CCF81D" blockId="4.[151,1436,1916,2013]" box="[151,675,1916,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E0D1F8FAC0CCF81D" bold="true" box="[151,675,1916,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
18.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E087F8FAC0CCF81D" authority="Meigen" authorityName="Meigen" box="[193,675,1916,1941]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatum" subGenus="Wilhelmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E087F8FAC35CF81D" bold="true" box="[193,307,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E105F8FAC3D5F81D" bold="true" box="[323,442,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E18CF8FAC05EF81D" bold="true" box="[458,561,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">lineatum</emphasis>
(Meigen)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF60B67E081F826C165FF5D" blockId="4.[151,1436,1916,2013]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,151,248]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="72" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF60B66E081F826C3F3F830" box="[199,412,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF60B66E081F826C3F3F830" box="[199,412,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Simulium lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is at the southeastern extreme of its distribution in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF60B66E3AAF827C672F830" box="[1004,1053,1953,1976]" name="Iran" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Iran</collectingCountry>
. All previous records, except one from Tabriz (ca.
<quantity id="E95C06DAFFF60B66E110F842C3F1F855" box="[342,414,1988,2013]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" unit="km" value="80.0">80 km</quantity>
south of the Armenian border), are from the Isfahan area (Crosskey 2002). The pupae are the most easily identified of the
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E241FF1EC016FF38" box="[519,633,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Wilhelmia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E241FF1EC016FF38" box="[519,633,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E2BEFF1EC146FF27" box="[760,809,152,175]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
. The identity of our larvae from the Zayandeh River in the Isfahan area (Site 4) was confirmed chromosomally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FF59C74DFF70" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,248]" box="[199,1314,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E081FF59C309FF70" bold="true" box="[199,358,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">New records:</emphasis>
Site 4 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E1FAFF66C04AFF70" box="[444,549,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">34 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E209FF59C092FF70" box="[591,765,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2011-03-26">26 March 2011</date>
), Site 10 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E328FF66C1A7FF70" box="[878,968,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E3B9FF66C625FF7F" box="[1023,1098,224,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="pupa">1 pupa</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E432FF66C778FF70" box="[1140,1303,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-04-18">18 April 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FEA1C091FEC8" blockId="5.[151,1436,295,501]" box="[151,766,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FEA1C091FEC8" bold="true" box="[151,766,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
19.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E087FEA1C091FEC8" authority="Yankovsky" authorityName="Yankovsky" box="[193,766,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lurestanicum" subGenus="Wilhelmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E087FEA1C35CFEC8" bold="true" box="[193,307,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E105FEA1C3D5FEC8" bold="true" box="[323,442,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E18CFEA1C00DFEC8" bold="true" box="[458,610,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">lurestanicum</emphasis>
(Yankovsky)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FECAC66BFE7D" blockId="5.[151,1436,295,501]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E081FECAC3A3FEEC" box="[199,460,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lurestanicum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E081FECAC3A3FEEC" box="[199,460,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Simulium lurestanicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by Yankovsky (2010) from a series of females collected in Lorestan Province. The size and shape of the spermatheca is diagnostic for females of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E497FEF6C72CFE00" box="[1233,1347,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Wilhelmia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E497FEF6C72CFE00" box="[1233,1347,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E529FEF6C7F3FE0F" box="[1391,1436,368,391]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Crosskey 2002). Given the size and shape of the spermatheca illustrated by Yankovsky (2010), and the lack of additional convincing diagnostic characters, we suspect that
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E31CFE3EC664FE58" box="[858,1035,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lurestanicum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E31CFE3EC664FE58" box="[858,1035,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. lurestanicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E499FE3EC7FAFE47" box="[1247,1429,440,463]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E499FE3EC7FAFE47" box="[1247,1429,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. paraequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Pending study of the
<typeStatus id="F11F159DFFF70B67E1C3FE5BC3DAFE7D" box="[389,437,477,501]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">type</typeStatus>
series, we refrain from proposing formal synonymy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FDA2C0CEFDB5" blockId="5.[151,1436,548,861]" box="[151,673,548,573]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FDA2C0CEFDB5" bold="true" box="[151,673,548,573]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
20.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E087FDA2C0CEFDB5" authority="Puri" authorityName="Puri" box="[193,673,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum" subGenus="Wilhelmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E087FDA2C35CFDB5" bold="true" box="[193,307,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E105FDA2C3D5FDB5" bold="true" box="[323,442,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E18CFDA2C009FDB5" bold="true" box="[458,614,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">paraequinum</emphasis>
Puri
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FDCEC026FD45" blockId="5.[151,1436,548,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
One previous record for
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E1A0FDCEC0F5FDD7" box="[486,666,584,607]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E1A0FDCEC0F5FDD7" box="[486,666,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. paraequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E282FDCEC09BFDD7" box="[708,756,584,607]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
, based on a single male from Chalous on the Caspian Sea coast, was reported (Crosskey 2002). The larvae and pupae can be difficult to distinguish morphologically from those of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E14CFD16C3BEFD20" box="[266,465,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E14CFD16C3BEFD20" box="[266,465,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. pseudequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and our material here is recorded as
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E3F8FD16C617FD2F" box="[958,1144,656,679]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E3F8FD16C617FD2F" box="[958,1144,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. paraequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E4C6FD16C74DFD20" box="[1152,1314,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E4C6FD16C74DFD20" box="[1152,1314,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">pseudequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, unless a chromosomal identification was made.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FD51C09AFCD4" blockId="5.[151,1436,548,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E081FD51C331FD78" bold="true" box="[199,350,727,752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">New records</emphasis>
(for
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E1DFFD5EC023FD67" box="[409,588,728,751]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E1DFFD5EC023FD67" box="[409,588,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. paraequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E212FD5EC099FD78" box="[596,758,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E212FD5EC099FD78" box="[596,758,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">pseudequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
): Site 1 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E325FD5EC1A3FD78" box="[867,972,727,752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">12 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E3BCFD5EC6E1FD78" box="[1018,1166,727,752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-02-28">28 Feb 2012</date>
), Site 5 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E4B0FD5EC73DFD78" box="[1270,1362,727,752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E5C6FD5EC34CFC9C" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2011-03-21">21 March 2011</date>
), Site 6 (1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E242FD7AC0F9FC9C" box="[516,662,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-02-23">23 Feb 2012</date>
), Site 7 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E2BAFD7AC10AFC9D" box="[764,869,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">15 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E3D7FD7AC64DFC9C" box="[913,1058,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-02-29">29 Feb 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E469FD7AC6F8FC9D" box="[1071,1175,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">30 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E485FD7AC71BFC9C" box="[1219,1396,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-03-27">27 March 2012</date>
;
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E5C6FD7AC2B4FCB0" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">19 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E142FCA6C3F2FCB0" box="[260,413,800,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-05-14">14 May 2012</date>
), Site 8 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E1B9FCA6C037FCB0" box="[511,600,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">2 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E2C4FC99C140FCB0" box="[642,815,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-03-26">26 March 2012</date>
), Site 9 (1 larva on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E44EFCA6C6D9FCB0" box="[1032,1206,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-03-28">28 March 2012</date>
), Site 13 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E563FCA6C7F4FCB0" box="[1317,1435,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">200 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E0FCFCC2C33EFCD4" box="[186,337,836,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-09-25">25 Sept 2012</date>
), Site 14 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E182FCC2C072FCD5" box="[452,541,836,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">3 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E201FCC2C086FCD4" box="[583,745,836,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2012-04-15">15 April 2012</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FC0AC0ADFC2D" blockId="5.[151,1436,908,1149]" box="[151,706,908,933]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FC0AC0ADFC2D" bold="true" box="[151,706,908,933]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
21.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E087FC0AC0ADFC2D" authority="Seguy" authorityName="Seguy" box="[193,706,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum" subGenus="Wilhelmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E087FC0AC35CFC2D" bold="true" box="[193,307,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E105FC0AC3D5FC2D" bold="true" box="[323,442,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E18CFC0AC01BFC2D" bold="true" box="[458,628,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">pseudequinum</emphasis>
Séguy
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FC29C123FBD0" blockId="5.[151,1436,908,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
The only previous record (Shahrud) of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E2CBFC36C121FC40" box="[653,846,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E2CBFC36C121FC40" box="[653,846,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. pseudequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E330FC36C1CCFC4F" box="[886,931,944,967]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
was given by Rubtsov (1951; as
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E56CFC36C341FC64" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Wilhelmia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediterranea">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E56CFC36C341FC64" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia mediterranea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). We chromosomally identified this species from the Zayandeh River in the Isfahan area (Site 4), which also allowed us to distinguish the immature larvae from those of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E39FFC7EC636FB98" box="[985,1113,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E39FFC7EC636FB98" box="[985,1113,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the same collection. The chromosomes of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E11BFB9AC072FBBC" box="[349,541,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E11BFB9AC072FBBC" box="[349,541,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. pseudequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, unlike those of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E2A5FB9AC1F9FBBC" box="[739,918,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraequinum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E2A5FB9AC1F9FBBC" box="[739,918,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. paraequinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E394FB9AC63DFBBC" box="[978,1106,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatum">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E394FB9AC63DFBBC" box="[978,1106,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. lineatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lack the chromocentric-like arrangement of the centromeres (Chubareva &amp; Petrova 2008).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FBE2C090FBF4" blockId="5.[151,1436,908,1149]" box="[199,767,1124,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E081FBE2C334FBF5" bold="true" box="[199,347,1124,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">New record:</emphasis>
Site 4 (
<specimenCount id="38A260B6FFF70B67E1F4FBE2C075FBF5" box="[434,538,1124,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="larva">51 larvae</specimenCount>
on
<date id="5A1A8DFFFFF70B67E202FBE2C09CFBF4" box="[580,755,1124,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" value="2011-03-26">26 March 2011</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FB2AC0DDFB4D" blockId="5.[151,1436,1196,1328]" box="[151,690,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FB2AC0DDFB4D" bold="true" box="[151,690,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
22.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E087FB2AC0DDFB4D" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[193,690,1196,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="veltistshevi" subGenus="Wilhelmia">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E087FB2AC35CFB4D" bold="true" box="[193,307,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E105FB2AC3D5FB4D" bold="true" box="[323,442,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Wilhelmia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E18CFB2AC028FB4D" bold="true" box="[458,583,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">veltistshevi</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FB49C046FAB8" blockId="5.[151,1436,1196,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
The record of
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E137FB56C062FB60" box="[369,525,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="veltistshevi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E137FB56C062FB60" box="[369,525,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">S. veltistshevi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E27EFB56C00AFB6F" box="[568,613,1232,1255]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
is uncertain. It appeared with a query mark in the world inventory of Crosskey &amp; Howard (1997), and has been carried through subsequent revisions of the inventory. Its occurrence in
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E0D1FA9EC2A8FAA7" box="[151,199,1304,1327]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
, however, requires verification.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FA02C043FA15" blockId="5.[151,556,1412,1437]" box="[151,556,1412,1437]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FA02C043FA15" bold="true" box="[151,556,1412,1437]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Genus
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E0ACFA02C3AEFA15" box="[234,449,1412,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Sulcicnephia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">SULCICNEPHIA</taxonomicName>
Rubtsov
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E0D1FA4AC05FFA6D" blockId="5.[151,1044,1484,1544]" box="[151,560,1484,1509]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E0D1FA4AC05FFA6D" bold="true" box="[151,560,1484,1509]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
23.
<taxonomicName id="E9A4D0BCFFF70B67E087FA4AC05FFA6D" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[193,560,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Sulcicnephia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="znoikoi">
<emphasis id="1CD0772DFFF70B67E087FA4AC3DCFA6D" bold="true" box="[193,435,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Sulcicnephia znoikoi</emphasis>
(Rubtsov)
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E1BAB3FFFF70B67E081FA69C67BF98F" blockId="5.[151,1044,1484,1544]" box="[199,1044,1519,1544]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Crosskey (2002) provided the only record (Sarab) of this species from
<collectingCountry id="56B3EBAFFFF70B67E399FA76C67FF98F" box="[991,1040,1520,1543]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Iran</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>