Biological and Taxonomic Studies of Larvae and Pupae of Simuliidae of NWFP (Pakistan)
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1995-11
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Department Of Zoology
Abstract
During a survey of larvae and pupae of the black
flies of N.W.F.P., conducted from November 1992 to October
Resta total of 36 species were recorded from 50 sites.
The collection was made from 11 districts and one Agency
i.e., Abbottabad, Bannu, Chitral, Charsadda, Dir, Kohat,
Mansehra, Mardan, Peshawar, Swabi, Swat and Malakand Agency
of North West Frontier Province (Pakistan).
The study included Taxonomy and Ecology of
preimaginal stages considering, breeding preferences,
substratum preferences, physical parameters of water bodies
like water temperature (10-36°C), speed (31-89 cm/sec.),
transparency (20-40cm), depth (14-55cm), breeding altitude
(285-2800 m), humidity (10-80%) and rainfall (4-100 mn),
and chemical parameters like PH (5.7-7.5), NH;-N (.03-.089
ug/cm*), Co; (.199-.9 mn/L), HCo; (.108-.79 mm/L), Cl (0.061-
0.401 mm/L) and Ca** (1.1-3.9 mm/L) .
The species recorded in this work are 1.
Boophthora erythrocephala, 2. B. sericata, 3. Eusimulium
aureum, 4. E. bicorn, 5. E. diriense sp.n., 6. E.
fontinale, 7. £. agvilletense alizadei, 8. E. ge
avilletense, 9. E. inflatum, 10. E. lepnevae, 11. E.
malakandiense sp.n., 12. E. montium, 13. E. planiparun,
14. E. pygmaeum, 15. Obuchovia albella, 16. 0. chitraliense
sp-n., 17. Simulium aureohirtum, 18. s. austeni, 19. s.
kohatiense sp.n., 20. S. kurense, 21. S. moristan, 22. s.
multistriatum, 23. S. puri sp.n., 24. S. remotum, 25. s.
Swatiense sp.n., 26. S. tumolusum, 27. Ss. worsakiense
SPp-n., 28. S. xanthogastrum, 29. Wilhelmia e. equina, 30.
W. lineata, 31. W. mayariense sp.n., 32. W. mediterranea,
33. W. paraequina, 34. W. salopiensis, 35. W. turgaica, 36.
W. veltistshevi. The type of the specimens (Holotypes) have
been deposited in the department of Zoology, University of
Peshawar.
The larvae and pupae were collected attached to
submerged vegetation like Typha, Potomogeton, Echinochloa,
Hydrella and Cynodon, roots of terrestrial tree, white
plastic, sticks, solid rocks, loose rocks or bolders small
stone and dead leaves from different water bodies like slow
muddy irrigntionai channel, swift rocky irrigational
channel, slow muddy stream, swift rocky or muddy stream,
sandy or muddy slow river, swift rocky larg rivers, small
and large water fall, and rocky hill spring water.