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Simulídeos (Diptera: Nematocera) das bacias do leste do estado do Pará, com ênfase na Serra dos Martírios-Andorinhas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2008) SANTOS, Emerson Monteiro dos; GORAYEB, Inocêncio de Souza; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2391620537048479
This study adds to our knowledge of the medically important black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of eastern Para state, Brazil, in terms of geographic distribution of species; taxonomic key for species identification based on pupae; estimation species richness; daily haematophagic activity; aspects of the relations of limnological and meteorological factors in relation to simulid and associated aquatic insect population dynamics; biological conservation state; and similarity of three areas (Northeast-Atlantic, “Serras das Andorinhas e Carajás”) based on an environmental protocol and black flies species. Previously, 14 species of black flies had been registered in the study area: S. nigrimanum, S. incrustatum, S. minusculum, S. quadrifidum, S. limbatum, S. perflavum, S. iracouboense, S. rorotaense, S. spinibranchium, S. subpallidum, S. pertinax, S. subnigrum, S. brachycladum, and S. goeldii. A new identification key for species of Simuliidae pupae is provided for eastern Pará state. The important species for public health, such as S. nigrimanum, S. incrustatum, S. rorotaense, S. minusculum, S. subnigrum, and S. pertinax, have been found in diverse environments, with ample geographic distribution and new records of occurrence throughout Pará and eastern Amazonia. Studies of daily haematophagic activity of S. rorotaense, S. minusculum, and S. pertinax were made in the months of January, April, August, and December of 2006, at “Serra das Andorinhas” in southeastern Pará. Biting activity is correlated mainly with air temperature and relative humidity and exhibits two daily activity peaks in the early morning and late afternoon. Biting preference for selected regions of the human body also was seen to differ among species. Black fly species and their associated aquatic insects are assigned to two groups based on water characteristics. These are correlated in greater or minor degree with water outflow, speed, depth, width, alkalinity, and iron concentration in both studied regions (Northeast-Atlantic Coast and “Tocantins-Araguaia”). Environmental conditions in the “Serra das Andorinhas” were observed to have been well conserved, but those were altered at “Serra dos Carajás” and the Northeast-Atlantic Coast areas. A close similarity in black flies species composition was observed between the “Serra das Andorinhas” and the “Serra dos Carajás” areas, followed by their similarity with the Northeast-Atlantic Coast.