Chubareva L A
Parazitologiia. 1978 Jan-Feb;12(1):37-43.
A comparative-karyologycal study of 12 species of black flies of the genus Prosimulium was carried out. Species referring to the groups hirtipes and macropyga have similar karyotypical characteristics differing in general in the degree of ploidy of chromosomal sets. Species which form the group alpestre possess peculiar karyologycal characters occupying due to this an intermediate position between the genera Prosimulium and Helodon. They should be separated into a distinct superspecies taxon, Ahaimophaga Chubareva et Rubzov gen. n. P. multicaulis differs karyotypically from other species of the genus Prosimulium but displays a great resemblance to species of Helodon; due to this it should be assigned to the latter.
对12种原蚋属蚋进行了比较核型研究。属于hirtipes组和macropyga组的物种具有相似的核型特征，总体上染色体组倍性程度不同。形成alpestre组的物种具有独特的核型特征，因此在原蚋属和赫氏蚋属之间占据中间位置。它们应被划分为一个独特的超种分类单元，即Ahaimophaga Chubareva et Rubzov属。多茎原蚋在核型上与原蚋属的其他物种不同，但与赫氏蚋属的物种非常相似；因此应将其归入后者。
