Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-nr4z6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-01T12:04:47.189Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Simuliidae (Diptera) of British Honduras*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Lewis  and
P. C. C. Garnham
D. J. Lewis
Affiliation:
Scientific Staff, Medical Research Council, London
P. C. C. Garnham
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Several collections of pupae and adults of Simuliid Diptera were made in British Honduras between 9th January and 18th February 1958. Samples were collected in the Mountain Pine Ridge and El Cayo areas in the west, and along the highway traversing the eastern part of the country between Caves Branch and Stann Creek.

Thirteen species of Simulium were found, nine of which are named, including S. quadrivittatum Lw. and S. metallicum Bellardi which are very annoying biters. A, few observations on distribution and habits are recorded.

Of the two anthropophilic species of Simulium found, one is known to be a vector of onchocerciasis, if only of secondary importance, and the capability of the other to transmit the disease is unknown. The disease has apparently never been established in British Honduras and is present in Guatemala. The risk of infection to settlers moving into territory near Guatemala cannot be assessed without detailed knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in Central America.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , January 1960 , pp. 703 - 710
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bradt, S. (1932). Notes on Puerto Rican black flies.—Puerto Rico J. publ. Hlth 8 pp. 69–81.Google Scholar
Dalmat, H. T. (1952). Descriptions of two new species of Simulium (Diptera, Simuliidae) from Guatemala.—Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 45 pp. 339–347.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dalmat, H. T. (1955). The black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) of Guatemala and their role as vectors of onchocerciasis.—Smithson. misc. Coll. 125 no. 1, 425 pp.Google Scholar
Dampf, A. (1943). La crisálida de Eusimulium ochracceum (Walker, 1860) (Insecta Diptera).—Rev. Soc. mex. Hist. nat. 4 pp. 33–41.Google Scholar
Dunn, L. H. (1934). Entomological investigations in the Chiriqui region of Panama.—Psyche 41 pp. 166–183.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fairchild, G. B. (1940). Notes on the Simuliidae of Panama (Dipt., Nematocera).—Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 33 pp. 701–719.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Garnham, P. C. C. & Lewis, D. J. (1959). Parasites of British Honduras with special reference to leishmaniasis.—Trans. R. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg. 53 pp. 12–40.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
León, L. A. & Wygodzinsky, P. (1953). Los simúlidos del Ecuador (Diptera), su importancia en medicina humana.—Bol. Inf. cicnc. nac. 6 pp. 269–288.Google Scholar
Lewis, D. J. (1958). The recognition of nulliparous and parous Anopheles gambiae by examining the ovarioles.—Trans. R. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg. 52 pp. 456–461.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Malloch, J. R. (1914). American black flies or buffalo gnats.—Tech. Ser. U.S. Bur. Ent. no. 26, 72 pp.Google Scholar
Ortiz, C. I. (1944). Simulium quadrivittatum Loew. Su presencia en Venezuela.—Bol. Lab. Clin. Razetti 5 pp. 243–246.Google Scholar
Pinto, C. (1932). Simulidae da America Central e do Sul (Diptera).—7. Reun. Soc. argent. Pat. reg. Norte, Tucumán 1931 pp. 661–763.Google Scholar
Roubaud, E. (1906). Insectes Diptères, Simulies nouvelles ou peu connues.—Bull. Mus. Hist, nat., Paris 1906 pp. 517–521.Google Scholar
Surcouf, J. M. R. & Gonsalez-Rincones, R. (1911). Essai sur les Diptères vulnérants de Venezuela. Première partie.—320pp. Paris, Maloine.Google Scholar
Vargas, L. (1945). Simúlidos del Nuevo Mundo.—Monogr. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop. no. 1, 241 pp.Google Scholar
Vargas, L. & Díaz Nájera, A. (1951). Nota sobre los simúlidos de México y su distribución geográfica (Diptera: Simuliidae).—Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop. 12 pp. 89–100.Google Scholar
Vargas, L. & Díaz Nájera, A. (1957). Simúlidos mexicanos.—Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop. 17 pp. 141–399.Google Scholar
Vargas, L. & Díaz Nájera, A. (1958). Nota sobre Simulium (Psilopelmia) bivittatum Malloch, 1914 (Diptera: Simuliidae).—Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop. 18 pp. 13–30.Google ScholarPubMed
Vargas, L., Martínez Palacios, A. & Díaz Nájera, A. (1946). Simúlidos de México. Datos sobre sistemática y morfologia. Descripción de nuevos subgéneros y especies.—Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop. 7 pp. 101–192.Google Scholar