Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscaron

Abstract

<i>Simulium</i> (<i>Inaequalium</i>) <i>petropoliense</i> Coscarón <p>Type material</p> <p>Brazil</p> <p>Rio de Janeiro State</p> <p>Slide</p> <p> [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 <i>S. petropoliense</i> (Coscarón, 1980)]. [The specimen bears a white label in Coscarón’s hand “S <i>imulium petropoliense</i> 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 <i>S. petropoliense</i>. 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, (<i>Coscarón</i>)— 1 pupa [PARATYPE] (MLP).</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL</p> <p>Brazil</p> <p>Rio de Janeiro State</p> <p>Slide</p> <p> Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (<i>L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias</i>)—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, (<i>L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias</i>)— 1 pharate ɗ, 1 pupa (IOC).</p> <p>Spirit</p> <p> Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (<i>L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias</i>) —several pupae and larvae (BMNH; IOC).</p>Published as part of <i>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, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1275</i> on page 15, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/173307">10.5281/zenodo.173307</a&gt