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A new species and four newly recorded species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Bhutan

Author(s) -

Hiroyuki Takaoka

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

tropical biomedicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2521-9855

pISSN - 0127-5720

DOI - 10.47665/tb.38.1.014

Subject(s) - black fly , simulium , biology , pupa , larva , zoology , species group , ecology , taxonomy (biology)

Simulium (Simulium) thimphuense sp. nov. is described from a pupa and a mature larva in Bhutan. This new species is placed in the S. multistriatum species-group, and is characterized by the pupal gill with eight thread-like filaments divergent basally at an acute angle when viewed laterally and the cocoon slipper-shaped with several small openings anterolaterally. Four species of Simulium (Simulium) are newly recorded from Bhutan: S. barraudi Puri in the S. multistriatum species-group, S. nodosum Puri in the S. nobile species-group, S. chiangmaiense Takaoka & Suzuki in the S. striatum species-group and S. himalayense Puri in the S. variegatum species-group. Our study increases the number of black fly species known from Bhutan from 18 to 23.

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