Arteaga L T, Muñoz de Hoyos P
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Santafé de Bogotá, S.A.
J Med Entomol. 1999 Mar;36(2):133-40. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.133.
Polytene chromosomes (n = 108) and morphology (n = 22) of Simulium metallicum Bellardi were described from larvae collected in different localities in Cundinamarca, Colombia, and compared with the standard polytene chromosome banding patterns of S. metallicum A. Polytene chromosomes of S. metallicum from Cundinamarca were characterized by a fixed inversion on the IIL chromosome arm (IIL-22), by 2 sex-linked inversions (IIL-24 and IIL-25), 6 floating inversions, and a heteroband in the IIIS chromosome arm. This taxon was considered to be a cytotype distinct from the 11 members of the S. metallicum complex from Central and South America, and we propose here the name S. metallicum L, following the convention for naming cytotypes in this species complex. There were slight larval morphological differences between S. metallicum from Cundinamarca and S. metallicum A and S. horacioi Okazawa & Onishi (or S. metallicum H).
对采自哥伦比亚昆迪纳马卡不同地点的金属蚋幼虫的多线染色体（n = 108）和形态（n = 22）进行了描述，并与金属蚋A的标准多线染色体带型进行了比较。来自昆迪纳马卡的金属蚋的多线染色体的特征是：IIL染色体臂上有一个固定倒位（IIL-22），两个性连锁倒位（IIL-24和IIL-25），6个浮动倒位，以及IIIS染色体臂上的一个异带。该分类单元被认为是一种与来自中美洲和南美洲的金属蚋复合体的11个成员不同的细胞型，我们在此按照该物种复合体中细胞型命名的惯例，提议将其命名为金属蚋L。来自昆迪纳马卡的金属蚋与金属蚋A和小泽与大西的霍氏蚋（或金属蚋H）之间在幼虫形态上存在细微差异。
