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Williston
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269.
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Ψ, West Indies,
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; March [Without date or year.], (
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) (BMNH, BM
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) [Examined.] [
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41.
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Ψ,
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;
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[Without year.], (USNM) [Synonymy by
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D43FFA9FEC864A5FE76FB5C" box="[264,466,1217,1242]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Simulium tarsale</emphasis>
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was described by
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based on three specimens collected from the West Indies (
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) by H. H. Smith and deposited in the BMNH.
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in a paper dealing with the
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of
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and the Lesser Antilles referred to the name of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D43FFA9FDDC655DFD2EFAD4" box="[540,650,1337,1362]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">S. tarsale</emphasis>
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and mentioned that “no trace of the
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of this species can be found in the British Museum”. Two years later he stated that the three specimens of the
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series of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D43FFA9FE1665EDFDE1FA24" box="[470,581,1417,1442]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">S. tarsale</emphasis>
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were discovered in this museum, and he designated a
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(
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). In the same paper, he also discussed additional morphological characters that were not included in Willistons (1896) original description of
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,
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examined
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material of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D43FFA9FE156665FDF3F99C" box="[469,599,1537,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">S. clavipes</emphasis>
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described by Malloch in 1914 from
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, and concluded that both species were synonymous. This synonymy was confirmed by
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while describing the simuliid fauna of
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. Stone also suggested that
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resembled species of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D43FFA9FD1A661DFCC3F914" box="[730,871,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Hemicnetha</emphasis>
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, but refrained to include it in this subgenus because the fore tarsal segments II and III are flattened and the claws lack teeth. Both
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and
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,
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) were unable to place this species to subgenus.
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We have examined the pinned female
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, the other
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being missing. The thorax and left fore leg of the female
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remain pinned, while the abdomen, genitalia, other five legs, and one wing have been dissected and mounted on a slide; the head is missing. In the
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the thorax, one wing, and three right legs remain pinned, and the head, abdomen, genitalia, one hind leg, and one wing are mounted on a slide. The two specimens are conspecific. We have compared the female thoracic pattern of the
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of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FCD461D8FC23FE53" box="[788,903,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with many
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females of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FAD461D8FECCFE7B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs. 36), as well as the structure of the cibarium (Figs. 37, 38), wing setation, leg coloration, and morphology of the genitalia (Figs. 51, 52, 65, 66, 79, 80) and agree with Smarts (1942) synonymy. We have also examined all material studied by
<bibRefCitation id="FF0A4B743D42FFA8FB296250FEF2FDF0" author="Stone" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refString="Stone, A. (1969) The black flies of Dominica (Diptera, Simuliidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 71, 312 - 318." type="journal article" year="1969">Stone (1969)</bibRefCitation>
and confirm his identification of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FD296238FCFDFDF3" box="[745,857,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for the specimens collected in
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.
</paragraph>
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The female of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FE2562C8FDF2FD43" box="[485,598,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsale</emphasis>
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externally resembles
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FC9862C8FC7AFD43" box="[856,990,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(formerly
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FB9E62C8FAA6FD43" box="[1118,1282,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. mexicanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in having a dark brown to black thorax covered with yellowish hairs, but the former may be distinguished by the presence of 1+1 submedian black or silver pruinose areas [depending on light source] not present in
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FDAD6340FD56FCBB" box="[621,754,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs. 3, 4, 7, 8). Also, the genital fork of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FB216340FE93FCE3" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsale</emphasis>
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lacks the distinct triangular posterior processes (Fig. 79) that are present in
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FB056328FE90FC0B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 81; see
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Shelley
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, 2002
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: 220, Fig. 138, as
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FC506310FB96FC0B" box="[912,1074,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. mexicanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). All characters of
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FAD46310FEFDFC33" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. tarsale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fall within the morphological variation found in species of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FB1463F8FEEDFC5B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Hemicnetha</emphasis>
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and, consequently, we are here assigning this species to the
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FBD763A0FBDBFC5B" box="[1047,1151,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">tarsatum</emphasis>
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­species group [formerly known as the
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<emphasis id="A9EFEA973D42FFA8FDEE6388FD17FB83" box="[558,691,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">mexicanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
­species group in
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Adler
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. (2004)
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&amp;
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,
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)].
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