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A new phoretic species of Simulium (Dipt., Simuliidae) from West Cameroon, with taxonomic notes on allied forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Lewis ,
R. H. L. Disney  and
R. W. Crosskey
D. J. Lewis
Affiliation:
External Staff, Medical Research Council, London; c/o British Museum (Natural History), London
R. H. L. Disney
Affiliation:
Overseas Staff, Medical Research Council, London; Helminthiasis Research Unit, Centre de Recherches Médicales, Kumba, West Cameroon
R. W. Crosskey
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
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Simulium (Phoretomyia) dukei sp.n., an occasional man-biter, is described and its systematic position discussed. Its larvae and pupae are associated with the prawn Atya africana Bouvier which is the only known host of phoretic Simuliids apart from river-crabs and mayfly nymphs. Four other phoretic species of Simulium are known in West Cameroon, and descriptions of two of them, S. berneri Freeman and S. ovazzae Grenier & Mouchet, are amplified.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , October 1969 , pp. 229 - 239
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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