Evidence of phenotypic plasticity of larvae of Simulium subpallidum Lutz in different streams from the Brazilian Cerrado
2015
In this paper, the overall morphological differences between populations of Simulium subpallidum Lutz,
1909 are studied. Several studies found in the literature point to a relationship between the labral fans
and body size and the habitat where blackfly larvae occur. However, other characteristics potentially
related to the microhabitat, such as abdominal hook circlet morphology, which is used for larvae to fix
themselves in the substratum, and thoracic prolegs morphology, which help larvae move in the
substratum, were analyzed in three different populations of S. subpallidum, one of which occupied a faster
flow. The results suggest phenotypic plasticity in S. subpallidum and a tendency toward larger structures in
faster flows.
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