Garms R
Tropenmed Parasitol. 1978 Dec;29(4):483-91.
Morphological characters were tested which could be used to compare and to associate Stimulium damnosum s.l. populations reinvading the area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River basin with those of potential source areas. The savanna cytospecies S. damnosum s.str. and S. sirbanum could be distinguished from the forest species S. sanctipauli, S. soubrense and S. yahense by the size and shape of the antennae and the colour of the basal wing tufts. Wing tufts of S. squamosum were of variable colour. Results did not confirm morphological keys for the complex which used counts of maxiillary teeth to separate S. damnosum s.str. and S. sirbanum, and numbers of spinules on the radial vein of the wings to separate S. yahense and S. squamosum. Populations of the S. damnosum complex could be characterised by morphometric methods. Measurements of the length of the thorax provided a rapid and easy means to distinguish different populations. The length of the thorax was positively correlated with the length of the wings. By using several measurements in combination populations could be more clearly characterised.
对形态特征进行了测试，这些特征可用于比较重新侵入沃尔特河流域盘尾丝虫病控制项目区域的嗜人瘤蝇复合种群与潜在来源地的种群。通过触角的大小和形状以及翅基部毛簇的颜色，可以将稀树草原细胞种嗜人瘤蝇指名亚种和锡尔巴嗜人瘤蝇与森林种圣保禄嗜人瘤蝇、苏布雷嗜人瘤蝇和亚亨嗜人瘤蝇区分开来。鳞状嗜人瘤蝇的翅基部毛簇颜色多变。结果未证实该复合种群的形态学鉴别方法，该方法通过上颌齿计数来区分嗜人瘤蝇指名亚种和锡尔巴嗜人瘤蝇，通过翅径脉上的小刺数量来区分亚亨嗜人瘤蝇和鳞状嗜人瘤蝇。嗜人瘤蝇复合种群可以通过形态测量方法进行特征描述。测量胸部长度提供了一种快速简便的方法来区分不同种群。胸部长度与翅长呈正相关。通过综合使用多种测量方法，可以更清晰地描述种群特征。
