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Simulium castaneum Craig 1987

Description

CASTANEUM species-group

Simulium cataractarum Craig

Spironello & Hunter (2000, notes on chromosomal evidence for sibling species): Society Islands

Spironello, Hunter & Craig (2002, description; idiogram; low-resolution photos of IS, IIS, IIL, IIIS, IIIL, and polymorphism; new cytoforms recognized [‘Moorean’ and ‘Tahitian’]; undifferentiated sex chromosomes): Society Islands

Spironello & Hunter (2005, characterization, cytodendrogram, idiogram, resolution relative to Inseliellum subgeneric standard): Society Islands

Notes

Published as part of Adler, Peter H. & Crosskey, Roger W., 2015, Cytotaxonomy of the Simuliidae (Diptera): a systematic and bibliographic conspectus, pp. 1-139 in Zootaxa 3975 (1) on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3975.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192364

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Craig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Simulium
Species
castaneum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Simulium castaneum Craig, 1987 sec. Adler & Crosskey, 2015

References

  • Spironello, M. & Hunter, F. F. (2000) A cytological study of the Pacific black fly Simulium cataractarum. In: Hunter, F. F. (Ed.), Black Flies in the New Millennium: an International Meeting of Black Fly Workers, 17 - 21 June 2000. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, pp. 27 - 28. [Unpublished document.]
  • Craig, D. A. & Joy, D. A. (2000) New species and redescriptions in the central-western Pacific subgenus Inseliellum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93, 1236 - 1262. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2000) 093 [1236: NSARIT] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Spironello, M., Hunter, F. F. & Craig, D. A. (2002) A cytological study of the Pacific black fly Simulium cataractarum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80, 1810 - 1816. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / z 02 - 167
  • Spironello, M. & Hunter, F. F. (2005) Polytene chromosomes of an archipelagic subgenus, Inseliellum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Genetica, 123, 217 - 226. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10709 - 004 - 2282 - 2