Pictorial keys to the main species and species groups within the Simulium damnosum Theobald complex occurring in West Africa (Diptera: Simuliidae)
Dang, P.T.; Peterson, B.V.
Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 31(1): 117-120
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4208 PMID: 7376246 Document Number: 162849
Pictorial keys are provided to give a relatively simple means of identifying the 6 main vector species or species groups of the Simulium damnosum Theo. complex that can be distinguished at the present time. Males and females of S. damnosum, S. sirbanum Vajime & Dunbar, S. squamosum (End.), S. sanctipauli Vajim & Dunbar, S. yahense Vajime & Dunbar and S. soubrense Vajime & Dunbar are illustrated. The keys are designed primarily to assist non-specialists, technicians and field personnel who have to handle many specimens in a relatively short period of time.