Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón

Hernandez, Luis Miguel, Dias, Antonio Paulino Andrade De Luna, Maia-Herzog, Marilza & Shelley, Anthony John, 2006, Taxonomy of Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil, with the first description of the male and larva, Zootaxa 1275, pp. 1-20 : 15

Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón

Type material

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro State

Slide

[Without locality information, date, or collector’s name.]—1 Ψ (slide) (only one hind leg, one wing, and genitalia; adult lost) [HOLOTYPE] ( MLP). [The specimen is not labelled with locality data, but agrees with the information given in the original description of S. petropoliense ( Coscarón, 1980) ]. [The specimen bears a white label in Coscarón’s hand “S imulium petropoliense Ψ n.sp. parte del Holotipo”. We have added other labels: White label in Luis Hernandez’s hand “This is what remains of the holotype of S. petropoliense . The pinned Ψ and pupa is now lost. L.M.Hernández 2005 ”; White label “Digitally photographed wing, leg, and genitalia (all) L.M.Hernández 2005 ”]. Petrópolis; 12.v.1979, (Coscarón)— 1 pupa [PARATYPE] ( MLP).

OTHER MATERIAL

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro State

Slide

Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias)—1 pharate ɗ, 2 pharate Ψ, 4 pupae, 6 larvae ( BMNH). Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, first cachoeira after Alto da Mozela, (site 1695); 22.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias)— 1 pharate ɗ, 1 pupa ( IOC).

Spirit

Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias) —several pupae and larvae ( BMNH; IOC).