Simulium (Hemicnetha) rivasi Ramírez-Pérez, 1971

HERNÁNDEZ, LUIS MIGUEL, SHELLEY, ANTHONY JOHN, DE LUNA DIAS, ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE & MAIA-HERZOG, MARILZA, 2007, New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein and Psilopelmia Enderlein, Zootaxa 1506 (1), pp. 1-80 : 44

Simulium (Hemicnetha) rivasi Ramírez-Pérez, 1971

VENEZUELA

Mérida State

PINNED

Aguilera-Apartadero, 3500 m [Without date.], (Jaime Ramirez) — 1♀ (reared) ( AMNH) [Previously identified as S. oviedoi by Ramírez-Pérez]

SLIDE

Mérida, Apartaderos , 3850 m; 13.ii.1968, [Without collector’s name.] — 1♀ (reared) , 2 pupae, 3larvae ( AMNH) .

SPIRIT

Merida, (v.14), rd Mucubazi-Sto Domingo, 3400 m; 20–26.xi.68, (Wygodzinsky) — several larvae and pupae ( AMNH, identified by S. Coscarón).