PICTIPES species-group

Simulium claricentrum Adler

Bedo (1973, 1975b, characterization; cytodendrogram; idiogram; photos of all arms, CI, CII, and CIII regions, ectopic pairing of centromeres, flared end of IIIS, metaphase and low-magnification polytene complements, nucleolus, and sex chromosomes; quinacrine staining; resolution relative to S. pictipes group standard; as S. pictipes ‘A’): USA

Adler & Kim (1986, chromosomal characters in larval key; as S. pictipes ‘A’): USA

Adler (1990, notes on general polytene features, formal name for Bedo’s 1975b S. pictipes ‘A’, resolution relative to S. pictipes group): USA

Simulium innoxium Comstock & Comstock

Bedo (1973, characterization; cytodendrogram; drawings of IIL base; idiogram; inversions mapped; photos of CI, CII, and CIII regions, IL partial, IIL, and IIIS; quinacrine staining; resolution relative to S. pictipes group standard; as S. pictipes ‘B’): Canada, USA

Dechene (1973, notes on general polytene features, drawings of heterozygous inversions, idiogram, inversions mapped, photos of all arms; as S. pictipes): USA

Bedo (1975b, characterization; cytodendrogram; idiogram; inversions mapped; photos of CI, CII, and CIII regions, IL partial, IIL, and IIIS; quinacrine staining; resolution relative to S. pictipes group standard; as S. pictipes ‘B’): Canada, USA

Adler & Kim (1986, chromosomal characters in larval key; as S. pictipes ‘B’): USA

Simulium pictipes Hagen

Bedo (1973, 1975b, characterization; cytodendrogram; idiogram; inversions mapped; photos of CI, CII, and CIII regions, and IL partial; quinacrine staining; resolution relative to S. pictipes group standard; as S. longistylatum): Canada, USA