Black Flies of Florida I. Geographic and Seasonal Distribution
Abstract
Eighteen species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) were represented in collections from 192 locations in 50 Florida counties. Two genera, Simulium Latreille and Cnephia Enderlein, and 6 subgenera, Cnephia Enderlein, Byssodon Enderlein, Eusimulium Roubaud, Phosterodoros Stone and Snoddy, Psilozia Enderlein, and Simulium Latreille, were included. Some species such as S. slossonae Dyar and Shannon and S. tuberosum (Lundstrom) were widely distributed about the State. Other species such as S. dixiense Stone and Snoddy and S. notiale Stone and Snoddy were found at only a small number of sites. Many species were collected all year while others such as C. ornithophilia Davies, Peterson and Wood and S. congareenarum (Dyar and Shannon) were not found during the warm summer months. Recent records for S. meridionale Riley indicated that this species occurred only in the counties bordering the Apalachicola River and was present only during April and May.Downloads
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