INDEX 



(Boldface figures indicate principal references) 



Abedus ovatus, 48 



Acanthaceae, 311 



Acanthocheilonema Persians, 38 



acatenangoeiisis, Simulium (Dyarclla), 

 45. 59, 71, 76, 80, 8s, 164-171, 182, 

 189, 195, 196, 27s, 287, 302-304, 309, 

 311, 312, 341, 344, 347, 349, 352, 354, 

 356, 358, 360, 363, 36s, table 33, 406, 

 414 



Acknowledgments, v-vii 



Adult flies, 314-342 



Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti, 37, 47 



Aedamyia squamipennis, 47 



aegypti, Aedes (Stegomyia) , 37, 47 



Aguilar, Francisco, vi 



aguirrei, Cnephia, 59, 69, 74, 85, 89- 

 93, 95, 96, 97, 100, loi, 276, 302, 



303, 344, 347, 349, 352, 354, 356, 

 358, 360, 363, 365, table 33, 414 



Simulium (Evsimulium) , 89 

 Algae, 35 

 Altitude, in relation to distribution, 



414, 415 

 of breeding places, 309, 310, 312, 



343-346 

 of Guatemala, 7-1 1 

 of onchocerciasis zones, 11, 15 

 Alvarado, Rony, vii 

 Alvarez, Constantino, vi 

 Animal associations, 37-50, 394-399 

 Animal hosts, 45, 46, 313, 341-342, 406- 



413 

 Animals attacked, 4-5 

 Anopheles pseudopunctipennis, 47 

 Anthropophilic species, 46, 309-313, 



314-341, 375-379, 400 

 aquamarensis, Gigantodax, 59, 69, 74, 

 79, 85, 102-106, no. III, 276, 



304, 313, 343, 344, 346, 347, 349, 

 352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 363, 364, 

 table 33, 414 



Simulium, 58, 102 



ardeni, Simulium (Dyarella), 59, 71, 



75, 81, 1 71-176, 287, 303, 368, 

 table 33 



Auchmeromyia luteola, 38 



aitreum, Simulimn, 58 



Simulium (Eusimuliimi) , 58, 59, 

 69, 70, 80, 84, 116-121, 275, 

 278, 302-305, 343, 344, 347, 349, 

 352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 365, table 

 33, 414 



aureus, Simulia, 116 



avidum, Simulium, 220, 275 



Axonopus compressus, 309, 311, 312 



Barrera, Manuel F., vi 



henjaniini, Simulium (Byssodon), 59, 



69, 70, 75, 80, 121-126, 279, 303, 



366, 367, table 33 

 Bernhard, Jose A., vi 

 Biopsies, 44 



Biting activity. See Feeding 

 Body regions preferred, 315-317, 406- 



413 

 boydi, Simulium, 58, 275 

 bracteatum, Simulium, 116 

 Breeding habits, 307-312 

 Breeding places, 35, 50-57, 309, 310, 



311, 312, 346-366 

 Bimchosia cornifolia, 36 

 Burch, Thomas A., vii 

 biirchi, Simulium (Hearlea), 59, 72, 



76, 82, 87, 239-244, 299, 303, 343, 

 344, 347, 349, 352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 

 363, table 33, 414 



Byssodon, 69, 70, 75, 80 



calcitrans, Stomoxys, 37 



callidum, Eusimulium, 126 

 Simulium, 57, 126 

 Simulium (Eusimulium), 126 

 Simulium (Lanea), 29, 30, 36, 39- 

 43, 45-47, 59, 72, 77, 83, 85, 87, 



417 



