Neotropical Simuliidae (Diptera: Insecta)

This book is unique in coverage, summarizing all available information concerning the American simuliid fauna south of the United States. It also includes morphological diagnoses of females, males, pupae and larvae, as well as keys (in English and Spanish), illustrations of characters, mapped distributions, and bionomics. This region appears to support 359 species grouped in two tribes, 12 genera and 18 subgenera. The description of each taxon is provided with a list of the available literature, as well as all other relevant information. The book is addressed to taxonomists, limnologists, ecologists, veterinarians and biologists in general.

Contents

1 Introduction
Bionomics
Behavior
Public health and socioeconomic importance
Control
2 Morphology and characters of taxonomic value
3 Collection and preparation of material
4 Study of material
5 Systematics
Keys to the genera of Neotropical Simuliidae
Claves de generos de simulidos de la region Neotropical
Mayacnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscaron
Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky & Diaz Najera
Araucnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscaron
Araucnephiodes Wygodzinsky & Coscaron
Cnesia Enderlein
Gigantodax Enderlein
Pedrowygomyia Coscaron & Miranda Esquivel
Cnesiamima Wygodzinsky & Coscaron
Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscaron
Lutzsimulium DAndretta & DAndretta
Kempfsimulium Py-Daniel & Nunes De Mello
Simulium Latreille
Keys to Simulium subgenera
Claves de subgeneros de Simulium
Simulium (Eusimulium) Roubaud
Simulium (Nevermannia) Enderlein
Simulium (Byssodon) Enderlein
Simulium (Psilozia) Enderlein
Simulium (Pternaspatha) Enderlein
NIGRISTRIGATUM species group
NEMORALE species group
Simulium (Notolepria) Enderlein
Simulium (Chirostilbia) Enderlein
PERTINAX species group
SUBPALLIDUM species group
Simulium (Inaequalium) Coscaron & Wygodzinsky
INAEQUALE species group
BOTULIBRANCHIUM species group
Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) Enderlein
INCRUSTATUM species group
SIOLII species group
Simulium (Cerqueirellum) Py-Daniel
Simulium (Coscaroniellum) Py-Daniel
QUADRIFIDUM species group
QUADRIVITTATUM species group
Simulium (Ectemnaspis) Enderlein
BICOLORATUM species group
ROMANAI species group
PERFLAVUM species group
DINELLII species group
Simulium (Psilopelmia) Enderlein
ESCOMELI species group
BLANCASI species group
Simulium (Aspathia) Enderlein
Simulium (Hemicnetha) Enderlein
PAYNEI species group
BRACHYCLADUM species group
MEXICANUM species group
OVIEDOI species group
Simulium (Hearlea) Vargas, Martinez Palacios & Diaz Najera
JUAREZI species group
CAROLINAE species group
Simulium (Trichodagmia) Enderlein
Simulium (Thyrsopelma) Enderlein
6 Maps of Distribution
7 References
8 Subject Index
9 Addendum

Author: Coscaron, S Coscaron Arias CL
Publisher: Pensoft
Extra Details: 165x240, many figures, keys, index, bibliography, in English, keys also in Spanish, 700 pp., hardback