Micromorphology of the larval and nymphal cuticle of Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Zaire, Near or included in the Simulium damnosum complex (author's transl).
A stereoscan electron microscopy study of two forms of Simulium of Kivu, Zaire, apparently belonging to the Simulium damnosum complex, revealed some morphological particularities: the presence of microvillosities on the enormously enlarged scales of a larval form from a western tributary of lake Tanganyika, and the presence of spine-combs and comb-shaped scales on the nymphal cuticle of this form and a form from the equatorial rain forest of Irangi.
D000818:Animals; D007814:Larva; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009758:Nymph; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013045:Species Specificity
Micromorphologie du revêtement cuticulaire, larvaire et nymphal, de simulies du Zaïre (Diptera: Simuliidae), rattachables au complexe Simulium damnosum