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Cytotaxonomic revision of the Simulium sanctipauli subcomplex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Guinea and the adjacent countries including descriptions of two new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D.A Boakye ,
R.J Post ,
F.W Mosha ,
D.P Surtees  and
R.H.A Baker
D.A Boakye
Affiliation:
Onchocerciases Control Programme, World Health Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
R.J Post*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Animal Taxonomy Section, Department of Entomology, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
F.W Mosha
Affiliation:
Onchocerciases Control Programme, World Health Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
D.P Surtees
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
R.H.A Baker
Affiliation:
Onchocerciases Control Programme, World Health Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
*
R.J. Post, Animal Taxonomy Section, Department of Entomoloy, University of Wageningen, P.O. Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, Netherlands
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Abstract

The Simulium sanctipauli Vajime & Dunbar subcomplex of the West African S. damnosum Theobald complex is cytotaxonomically revised for the western part of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme area. The subcomplex is defined and a chromosomal key provided for the identification of the sibling species and forms recognized. Two sibling species are newly described, S. leonense Boakye, Post & Mosha (Sierra Leone) and S. konkourense Boakye, Post, Mosha & Quilleévéré (Guinea and Sierra Leone). Detailed chromosomal data are provided as warranty for the conclusions about the specific or infraspecific status of the taxa recognized.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 171 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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