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Issue: Vol. 2048 No. 1: 23 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2048.1.2
Page range: 31–46
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Morphotaxonomy of the Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Department of Biology and Center for Vectors and Vector-Borne Disease, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Department of Entomology, Soils & Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0315, USA
Diptera Simulium tuberosum group aquatic insects black flies morphology Thailand

Abstract

Seventeen cytogenetically distinct taxa of the Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum species group in Thailand were examined morphologically, including Simulium doipuiense (cytoforms A and B), S. manooni, S. rufibasis, S. setsukoae, S. tani (cytoforms A-I), S. weji, S. yuphae, and one unknown species. Identification keys to larvae, pupae, males, and females are provided, along with diagnostic characters for each taxon and a morphology-based phylogeny.

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