The salivary gland chromosomes of the black fly Simulium (Plernaspatha) limay (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Argentina
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Simulium, Black fly, Polytene chromosomes, Cytotaxonomy, Argentina, Neotropical realmMain Article Content
Larvae of Simulium (Pternespethe) limay Wygodzinsky from two creeks from the Lanin National Park, Neuquen in Southwestern of Argentina were cytogenetically examined. No evidence of different cytoforms were observed. Polytene chromosome maps. idiograms, table with similarities of standard, and known cytogenetically neotropical species are presented. S. limay could be distinguished from the standard species (Simulium venustumtoerecundurn) on the basis of different fixed inversions and an interchange of the chromosome arms; the last character is not found in the other neotropical simuliid species.
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