Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón

Type material

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro State

Slide

[Without locality information, date, or collector’s name.]—1 Ψ (slide) (only one hind leg, one wing, and genitalia; adult lost) [HOLOTYPE] (MLP). [The specimen is not labelled with locality data, but agrees with the information given in the original description of S. petropoliense (Coscarón, 1980)]. [The specimen bears a white label in Coscarón’s hand “S imulium petropoliense Ψ n.sp. parte del Holotipo”. We have added other labels: White label in Luis Hernandez’s hand “This is what remains of the holotype of S. petropoliense . The pinned Ψ and pupa is now lost. L.M.Hernández 2005 ”; White label “Digitally photographed wing, leg, and genitalia (all) L.M.Hernández 2005 ”]. Petrópolis; 12.v.1979, (Coscarón)— 1 pupa [PARATYPE] (MLP).

OTHER MATERIAL

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro State

Slide

Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias)—1 pharate ɗ, 2 pharate Ψ, 4 pupae, 6 larvae (BMNH). Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, first cachoeira after Alto da Mozela, (site 1695); 22.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias)— 1 pharate ɗ, 1 pupa (IOC).

Spirit

Estrada de Rio de Janeiro ao Jardim de Itaipava, BR040, cachoeira in front of Posto Brasão, (site 1697a–b); 23.iii.2005, (L.M.Hernández & A.P.A.Luna Dias) —several pupae and larvae (BMNH; IOC).