An investigation of the blackfly fauna of Andalusia, southern Spain (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Crosskey, R. W.; Crosskey, M. E.

doi:10.1080/002229300299309

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“…However, this sympatry is rather rare in Portugal and Spain [47] [48]. These observations are comparable with ours; the two species coexist only in three microhabitats out of 12.…”

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Habitat Characterization of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Tafna Catchment of Western Algeria

Boudghane-Bendiouis¹,

Abdellaoui-Hassaïne²,

Belqat³

et al. 2014

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Physical Habitat characterization of black flies was performed in the Tafna Basin of Algeria, based primarily on stream size, substrate, and aquatic and riparian vegetation. A total of 143 samples were taken between April and October 2009 at 11 sampling sites in the Tafna catchment. Dams exerted an effect through a slowdown of flow and sedimentation of fine particles, eliminating coarse microhabitats favorable for black flies. Stream and substrate characteristics are key parameters that determined the microhabitats of the species. Of 10 species considered, four were widely present with significant plasticity for the stream and substrate. Four other species were more closely associated with faster streams and eroded substrate. A greater rheophilic tendency was found for Simulium bezzii (Corti), Simulium sergenti Edwards, Simulium quadrifila Grenier, Faure and Laurent and Simulium galloprovinciale Giudicelli, which represents a new record for Algeria.

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“…However, this sympatry is rather rare in Portugal and Spain [47] [48]. These observations are comparable with ours; the two species coexist only in three microhabitats out of 12.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Habitat Characterization of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Tafna Catchment of Western Algeria

Boudghane-Bendiouis¹,

Abdellaoui-Hassaïne²,

Belqat³

et al. 2014

OJE

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“…Rivosecchi (1978) described the larval head and body of S. petricolum as being generally quite darkly pigmented, but material from Wilmington was not dark, and there was no characteristic infuscation of the larval head capsule (which appeared identical to other British Eusimulium). The male genitalia (gonostyle, ventral plate and parameres) of material identified as S. petricolum from Wilmington were identical to those of the same species examined from the Mediterranean region in the collections of the Natural History Museum (Figures 1A, B and 2A, B), and published illustrations (Rivosecchi 1978;Crosskey and Crosskey 2000), but different from males identified as S. angustipes, S. aureum and S. velutinum (Figures 1C-E and 2C-E) and published illustrations (Davies 1966;Crosskey and Crosskey 2000). The male hind basitarsus of specimens identified as S. petricolum from Wilmington was broadened, as would be expected for S. petricolum (Rivosecchi 1978;Crosskey and Crosskey 2000) in comparison with the other three species of Eusimulium (Figure 3).…”

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“…Old material was examined from the collection of the Natural History Museum in London. 05.v.1975: S. petricolum -1M;Profitis-Ilias road, 56, 25.iv.1976: S. petricolum -2M, 3F;Apolakkia-Vation road, 57, 26.iv.1976: 2F. Identifications were made according to Bass (1998), Davies (1968), Lechtaler and Car (2004), Crosskey and Crosskey (2000) and Rivosecchi (1978). Dissections of male genitalia, female genitalia (including spermatheca), female mouthparts, larval head capsule and anal sclerite were made after 10 minutes in 10% potassium hydroxide at 908C.…”

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The subgenusEusimulium(Diptera: Simuliidae:Simulium) in Britain

2010

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In northwest and western Europe the blackfly subgenus Eusimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) is represented by four species of which three are widely distributed and one, Simulium petricolum, was previously thought to be largely restricted to the Mediterranean region. Simulium petricolum is reported from southern England, and is shown to be distinct from the other Eusimulium species in terms of mitochondrial DNA sequence (COI DNA barcode), but morphologically and cytotaxonomically indistinguishable from Mediterranean S. petricolum, with the exception of minor differences in larval pigmentation. Simulium petricolum shows a distinctive ecology in Britain and is probably much more widely distributed in Europe than is currently appreciated.

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“…Allerdings ist ein Teil der Angaben wahrscheinlich dubios -vor allem wegen der Probleme mit der Bestimmung und Identität einzelner Arten. Zu den größten Schwierigkeiten gehören die vertauschte Identität von S. monticola und S. argyreatum (JEDLIČKA u. a., 2004), die geringen Unterschiede zwischen S. monticola und S. maximum (CROSSKEY & CROSSKEY, 2000), neuere Befunde, daß die Unterscheidungsmerkmale nicht eindeutig verwendet werden können -z. B. bei den Larven von S. variegatum und S. argyreatum (BASS, 1998) und die Existenz von einem unbeschriebenen Taxon in Mitteleuropa (S. sp.…”

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Die Verbreitung der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Simulium variegatum Gruppe (Diptera: Simuliidae).

Kúdela¹

2006

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Die Gesamtverbreitung und eine detaillierte Verbreitung in der Slowakei von den Arten Simulium argyreatum Meigen, 1838, Simulium maximum (Knoz, 1961), Simulium monticola Friederichs, 1920, Simulium variegatum Meigen, 1818 und dem noch nicht beschriebenen Taxon S. sp. aff. monticola wird angegeben. S. variegatum, S. argyreatum und S. monticola haben umfangreiche Areale, die sich in einigen Details (z. B. Vorkommen auf den Britischen Inseln, in Skandinavien, Nordafrika) unterscheiden. S. maximum ist auf höhere Gebirge Mittel- und Südeuropas beschränkt. S. sp. aff. monticola ist bis jetzt nur aus der Slowakei bekannt. S. variegatum und S. argyreatum sind in der Slowakei weit verbreitet. Die früher angenommene weite Verbreitung von S. monticola wurde nicht bestätigt. Die nachgeprüften Angaben zeigen, daß S. maximum häufiger ist, als bis jetzt publiziert wurde. S. argyreatum ist über alle Höhenzonen weit verbreitet. S. variegatum bevorzugt niedrigere Lagen (200-800 m ü. M.) und S. maximum höhere Lagen (600-1000 m ü. M.) als S. monticola und S. sp. aff. monticola (400-800 m ü. M.).StichwörterSimulium variegatum group, occurrence, Central Europe.

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An investigation of the blackfly fauna of Andalusia, southern Spain (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Habitat Characterization of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Tafna Catchment of Western Algeria

Habitat Characterization of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Tafna Catchment of Western Algeria

The subgenusEusimulium(Diptera: Simuliidae:Simulium) in Britain

Die Verbreitung der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Simulium variegatum Gruppe (Diptera: Simuliidae).

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