[The karologic method in the taxonomic diagnosis of the genus Wilhelmia End. (Simuliidae, Diptera)].
Karyotypes of Similidae of the Wilhelmia genus were studied on polytene chromosomes. Reasonableness of their distribution in the two groups, was confirmed. W. lineata, W. veltistshevi and W. paraequina transcaucasica, according to their karyological signs (uniting of the chromosomes by centromeres, absence of the extended zone in the chromosome I, puffs at the ends of the IIS and their localization in  different areas, high inverse polymorphism), should be excluded from the equina group and included into the salopiensis group.
D000818:Animals; D002875:Chromosomes; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification*; D014586:USSR
Kariologicheskiĭ metod v taksonomicheskoĭ diagnostike roda Wilhelmia End. (Simuliidae, Diptera)