title: New records of the black fly fauna (Diptera: Simuliidae) in two rivers of the western Amazonia, Brazil.
abstract: Our goal was to verify the presence and the composition of black floy species in the Antimari and Acre rivers, located in the end of Western Amazonia, where this entomological inquiry was accomplished. Along the Antimari and Acre rivers, 19 localities were studied and 133 larvae and 197 pupae were collected, totalizing 330 black floy immatures. The following species are recorded for the first time in this area: Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) amazonicum Goeldi, Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) oyapockense Floch & Abonnenc, Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) quadrifidum Lutz, Simulium (Psilopelmia) lutzianum Pinto, Simulium (Psilopelmia) perfloavum Roubaud and Simulium (Notolepria) exiguum Roubaud. Our data suggest that S. amazonicum, S. oyapockense and S. quadrifidum have a wide geographical distribution as well as population density.
authors.affiliation: Lab. de Referência Nacional em Simulídeos, Oncocercose e Mansonelose, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
authors.forename: Erika S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Verônica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marchon-Silva
authors.forename: Marilza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maia-Herzog
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D045483:Rivers; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000145:classification