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Metacnephia Crosskey

Description

Genus METACNEPHIA Crosskey

Metacnephia amphora Ladle & Bass

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, notes on general polytene features): Britain (England)

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Britain (England)

Petrova (1981, description, photos of all polytene arms and metaphase complement, polytene chromosome lengths): Britain (England)

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, photos of sex chromosomes [CI region], resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Britain (England)

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Britain (England)

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements and sex chromosomes): Britain (England)

Metacnephia bilineata (Rubtsov)

Madahar (1967, description; idiogram; inversions mapped; photos of all arms; whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]; as C. fuscipes and C. ‘H’): Canada, Norway

Petrova (1974, description, photos of polytene complement and selected polymorphisms, polymorphism data; as M. pallipes): Russia

Chubareva & Petrova (1975, comparison with Austrosimulium tillyardianum [as A. tillyardi], idiogram, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. pallipes): [Russia]

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, 2003, 2004, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. pallipes): Russia

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram; as M. pallipes): Russia

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, photos of all arms and examples of supernumerary blocks, probable sibling species, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]; as M. pallipes): Canada, Norway

Petrova (1993, notes on general polytene features; as M. pallipes): [Russia]

Chubareva & Petrova (2000b, note on general polytene features; as M. pallipes): Russia

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. pallipes): Russia

Metacnephia borealis (Malloch)

Rothfels (1979, notes on B chromosomes): [Canada]

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization; cytodendrogram; inversions mapped; photos of B chromosomes, diplotene, metaphase, and sex chromosomes [partial IS]; resolution relative to Metacnephia standard; whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Canada. NOTE: IIIL-4, shown as a fixed inversion with its breakpoints indicated on a photographic map (fig. 7), is not attributed to any species in the text, but pertains to M. borealis (Adler unpublished).

Metacnephia coloradensis Peterson & Kondratieff

Adler, Currie & Wood (2004, characterization by comparison with M. sommermanae, chromosomal characters in larval key, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard): USA

Metacnephia jeanae (DeFoliart & Peterson)

Adler, Currie & Wood (2004, characterization, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard): USA

Metacnephia kirjanovae (Rubtsov)

Petrova (1973b, photos of all chromosomes): Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Tajikistan

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Tajikistan

Petrova (1980, note on and photo of sex chromosome [IIIS]): [Tajikistan]

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements): Tajikistan

Metacnephia korsakovi (Rubtsov)

Petrova (1973b, photos of all chromosomes): Russia

Metacnephia lyra (Lundström)

Adler, Malmqvist & Zhang (1999, characterization, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard): Sweden

Metacnephia pamiriensis Petrova

Petrova (1977, original description of species, photos of metaphase and polytene complements): Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, 2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Tajikistan

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Tajikistan

Petrova (1980, note on and photo of sex chromosome [II]): [Tajikistan]

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements, polytene chromosome lengths): Tajikistan

Metacnephia paraskevae Petrova, Chubareva & Kachvoryan

Petrova, Chubareva & Kachvoryan (1995, original description of species, photos of metaphase and polytene complements, resolution relative to M. saileri [as M. pallipes]): Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features): Tajikistan

Chubareva, Petrova & Kachvoryan (2003, photos of centromere regions): [Tajikistan]

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of centromere regions and metaphase and polytene complements): Tajikistan

Metacnephia pedipupalis (Rubtsov)

Ismagulov (1993, notes on general polytene features [only abstract seen]): Kazakhstan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features): Kazakhstan

Metacnephia persica (Rubtsov)

Petrova (1973a, description; idiogram; photos of all chromosomes, chromocenter, and IIL polymorphism; polytene chromosome lengths; as M. persica hirta): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. persica hirta): Armenia

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram; as M. persica hirta): Armenia

Rothfels (1979, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): [Armenia]

Kachvoryan, Petrova & Chubareva (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. hirta): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths; as M. hirta): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description; photos of CII region, metaphase and polytene complements, and partial chromocenter; as M. hirta): Armenia

Metacnephia saskatchewana (Shewell & Fredeen)

Madahar (1967, description; idiogram; inversions mapped; photos of all arms; whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Canada

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Canada

Metacnephia sommermanae (Stone)

Madahar (1967, description; idiogram; photos of all arms; whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): USA

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, partial resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): USA

Adler, Currie & Wood (2004, characterization, chromosomal characters in larval key, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard): USA

Metacnephia subalpina (Rubtsov)

Petrova (1973a, description, idiogram, photos of all chromosomes and IIL polymorphism, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, 2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Armenia

Kachvoryan, Petrova & Chubareva (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Metacnephia terterjani (Rubtsov)

Petrova (1973a, description, idiogram, photos of all chromosomes and IS polymorphism, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (1979, 2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Armenia

Kachvoryan, Petrova & Chubareva (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of metaphase and polytene complements, polytene chromosome lengths): Armenia

Metacnephia tredecimata (Edwards)

Madahar (1967, description; idiogram; photos of all arms; whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Norway

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Norway

Metacnephia variafilis Rubtsov

Petrova (1979, cytodendrogram): Tajikistan

Petrova (1981, description, photos of all polytene arms and metaphase complement, polytene chromosome lengths): Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features, polytene chromosome lengths): Tajikistan

Chubareva & Petrova (2008a, description, photos of CI and CIII regions and metaphase and polytene complements): Tajikistan

Metacnephia villosa (DeFoliart & Peterson)

Madahar (1967, description, idiogram, inversions mapped, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]; as C. freytagi): USA

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]; as M. freytagi): USA

Adler, Currie & Wood (2004, notes on Y-chromosome polymorphism): USA

Metacnephia ‘Crete’ Procunier

Procunier (1980, 1982a, characterization, cytodendrogram, inversions mapped, resolution relative to Metacnephia standard, whole-arm interchange [IS + IIL, IL + IIS]): Greece (Crete)

Metacnephia ‘sp. 1’ Ismagulov

Ismagulov (1993, notes on general polytene features [only abstract seen]): Kazakhstan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features): Kazakhstan

Metacnephia ‘sp. 2’ Ismagulov

Ismagulov (1993, notes on general polytene features [only abstract seen]): Kazakhstan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features): Kazakhstan

Metacnephia ‘sp. 3’ Ismagulov

Ismagulov (1993, notes on general polytene features [only abstract seen]): Kazakhstan

Chubareva & Petrova (2003, notes on general polytene features): Kazakhstan

Notes

Published as part of Adler, Peter H. & Crosskey, Roger W., 2015, Cytotaxonomy of the Simuliidae (Diptera): a systematic and bibliographic conspectus, pp. 1-139 in Zootaxa 3975 (1) on pages 28-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3975.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192364

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Metacnephia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Crosskey
Taxon rank
genus

References

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  • Petrova, N. A. (1979) The role of chromosomal rearrangements in the formation of species in the genus Metacnephia (Diptera, Simuliidae). In: Skarlato, O. A. (Ed.), Ekologicheskie i Morfologicheskie Osnovy Systematiki Dvukrylykh Nasekomykh [Ecological and Morphological Principles of Diptera Systematics (Insecta).] Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [St. Petersburg,] Russia, pp. 79 - 81. [In Russian; for full English translation see pp. 125 - 128. In: Skarlato, O. A. (Ed.), Systematics of Diptera (Insecta): Ecological and Morphological Principles. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1985. There are differences in wording between the translated title in the English version and the English version of the title given in the original.]
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