Garms R, Kerner M, Meredith S E
Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg.
Trop Med Parasitol. 1988 Sep;39(3):239-44.
The examination of the polytene chromosomes of the Yemen representative of the Simulium damnosum complex revealed hitherto unknown arrangements distinct enough to justify the description of this form as the new species Simulium (Edwardsellum) rasyani. The newly recognized inversion II L-60.65 was always present and found to be homozygous in 62% and heterozygous in 38% of the 106 larvae which were examined. A short description is given of the morphology of the females, males, larvae and pupae. Populations from the five permanent Wadis Kabir, Rasyan, Al Barh, Zabid, and Surdud were genetically and morphologically very uniform.
对也门的恶蚋复合体代表种的多线染色体进行检查后发现，其排列迄今未知且差异显著，足以将这种形态描述为新物种，即拉西亚纳蚋（Simulium (Edwardsellum) rasyani）。新确认的倒位II L - 60.65总是存在，在检查的106只幼虫中，62%为纯合子，38%为杂合子。文中对雌虫、雄虫、幼虫和蛹的形态进行了简要描述。来自卡比尔、拉西亚恩、巴尔赫、扎比德和苏尔杜德这五条永久性干河的种群在遗传和形态上非常一致。
