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North African Endemism: A New Species of Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Djurdjura Mountains of Algeria.
Adler, Peter H; Haouchine, Sabrina; Belqat, Boutaïna; Lounaci, Abdelkader.
Afiliación
  • Adler PH; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
  • Haouchine S; Natural Resources Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi Ouzou 15000, Algeria.
  • Belqat B; Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics, Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, CNRST Labeled Research Unit N°18, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tétouan 93030, Morocco.
  • Lounaci A; Natural Resources Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi Ouzou 15000, Algeria.
Insects ; 15(3)2024 Feb 23.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38535346
ABSTRACT
Discoveries of endemic species highlight areas of biogeographic and conservation interest. Endemic species, however, are often morphologically disguised as more common and widespread species. The larval polytene chromosomes revealed a new species of black fly, Prosimulium fungiforme, from the Djurdjura Mountains of northern Algeria, and its female, male, pupa, and larva are described. The species is chromosomally unique; none of its 11 chromosomal rearrangements are shared with other species. Although the new species structurally resembles Prosimulium rufipes (Meigen) with which it previously has been confused, it can be distinguished from all other known species of Prosimulium in the Western Palearctic based on at least one character in each described life stage. Symbiotic organisms included two species of microsporidia, at least one of which is probably undescribed, one unknown protozoan pathogen novel in simuliids, and the trichomycete fungus Harpella melusinae Léger and Duboscq. Associated simuliid species included at least one new species of the genus Helodon. The new species of Prosimulium is tentatively considered endemic to the mountains of northern Algeria but might be expected in the mountains of eastern Morocco and northern Tunisia and perhaps in Sicily. If its endemic status holds, it would be the only nominal species of black fly unique to Algeria.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Insects Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Insects Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza