Simulium(Asiosimulium)furvum, a New Species of Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Thailand | Zendy

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Simulium(Asiosimulium)furvum, a New Species of Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Thailand

Author(s) -

Hiroyuki Takaoka,

Wichai Srisuka,

Atiporn Saeung,

Wej Choochote

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of medical entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1938-2928

pISSN - 0022-2585

DOI - 10.1603/me13004

Subject(s) - black fly , simulium , subgenus , biology , pupa , larva , zoology , national park , ecology , taxonomy (biology)

Simulium (Asiosimulium) furvum sp. nov. (Diptera: Simuliidae) is described from female, male, pupal, and larval specimens collected from Maewa National Park, Lampang Province, Thailand. This new species represents the fourth member of the subgenus Asiosimulium Takaoka & Chochoote, one of two small black fly subgenera endemic in the Oriental Region. It is characterized by a pear-shaped spermatheca in the female; a ventral plate in the male with a laterally compressed median keel directed ventrally and with a deep notch posteromedially, and aedeagal membrane with stout spines; and by 22 gill filaments in the pupa. Taxonomic notes are provided to separate this new species from three known species, Simulium (Asiosimulium) oblongum Takaoka & Choochote and Simulium (Asiosimulium) wanchaii Takaoka & Choochote, both from Thailand, and Simulium (Asiosimulium) suchitrae Takaoka from Nepal.

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