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Issue: Vol. 4422 No. 1: 22 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.9
Page range: 141–150
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

A new black fly species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Taiwan

Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
R & D Center Composites Department, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, 103, Nan Lin Road., Tai Shan District, New Taipei City, 243 Taiwan.
Diptera black fly aquatic insect fauna taxonomy

Abstract

A new black fly species, Simulium taichungense, is described on the basis of one female, one male and two pupal exuviae from Taiwan. This new species is placed in the S. crocinum species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae). It is characterized by the pupal gill with six unpigmented short filaments and pupal abdomen with distinct spine-combs on the dorsal surface of segments 7–9, by which it is easily distinguished from most species in the S. crocinum species-group including two species from Taiwan: Simulium serenum Huang & Takaoka and S. ufengense Takaoka. It is the third species of the S. crocinum species-group from Taiwan. In addition, the male of S. serenum is described for the first time, and intraspecific variations in a few features of the male of S. chungi Takaoka & Huang of the S. chungi species-group are noted.

 

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