Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sirin, Uemit Davut, Caliskan, Hakan & Sahin, Yalcin, 2015, Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Turkish Thrace, with a new record for Turkey, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4834-4834 : 4834

Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae, 8 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: İstanbul; county: Çatalca; locationRemarks: 16; verbatimLatitude: 41°23'13.96"N; verbatimLongitude: 28°22'1.34"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 150; Event: eventDate: 05/23/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 2 pupae, 3 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: İstanbul; county: Çatalca; locationRemarks: 17; verbatimLatitude: 41°23'54.45"N; verbatimLongitude: 28°19'8.26"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 151; Event: eventDate: 05/23/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: İstanbul; county: Çatalca; locationRemarks: 18; verbatimLatitude: 41°21'27.60"N; verbatimLongitude: 28°13'43.55"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 152; Event: eventDate: 05/23/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 2 rearing adults (1 male, 1 female); lifeStage: 7 pupae, 3 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: İstanbul; county: Çatalca; locationRemarks: 19; verbatimLatitude: 41°23'5.91"N; verbatimLongitude: 28°11'54.84"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 153; Event: eventDate: 05/23/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae / 2 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: İstanbul; county: Çatalca; locationRemarks: 20; verbatimLatitude: 41°24'2.09"N; verbatimLongitude: 28°10'3.80"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 154; Event: eventDate: 24.05.2002 / 09.07.2003

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae, 10 larvae / 2 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Tekirdağ; county: Saray; locationRemarks: 23; verbatimLatitude: 41°28'49.33"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°57'11.84"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 155; Event: eventDate: 24.05.2002 / 09.07.2003

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 3 pupae, 7 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Edirne; county: İnece; locationRemarks: 55; verbatimLatitude: 41°40'13.00"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°4'7.90"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 156; Event: eventDate: 05/29/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 2 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Edirne; county: İskender; locationRemarks: 65; verbatimLatitude: 41°35'21.77"N; verbatimLongitude: 26°40'57.69"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 157; Event: eventDate: 05/31/2002

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae, 12 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Wilhelmia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Kırklareli; county: Babaeski; locationRemarks: 103; verbatimLatitude: 41°27'8.31"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°2'44.09"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-ıd- 158; Event: eventDate: 06/07/2002

Notes

The pupae of Simulium equinum can be identified by the banana-like gill branches. Although S. equinum is found from central and northern Europe to northeastern Asia, it becomes progressively less common throughout the Mediterranean borderlands and islands ( Crosskey and Zwick 2007). This species was reported from the Sakarya river system as a new record for Turkey ( Sirin and Sahin 2005). Crosskey and Zwick (2007) also found it at a river near Kızılcahamam, Ankara. These authors note that S. equinum typically occurs with other species of the subgenus Wilhelmia . We record this species at nine sites, of which six were with S. pseudequinum and one with S. balcanicum .