A new species and a new record of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) gombakense species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand

Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Srisuka, Wichai and Low, Van Lun and Saeung, Atiporn (2018) A new species and a new record of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) gombakense species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand. Acta Tropica, 185. pp. 156-166. ISSN 0001-706X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.011.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.011

Abstract

Larvae and adults reared from pupae of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) gombakense Takaoka & Davies from eight streams in five provinces of Thailand were genetically analyzed by using cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequences. The material was composed of four lineages, of which lineages 2, 3 and 4 are genetically closely related to one another, but more distantly related to lineage 1, which is equivalent to typical S. (G.) gombakense from Peninsular Malaysia. Lineages 2, 3 and 4, which are morphologically indistinguishable, are designated as genoforms A, B and C within a species complex of S. (G.) paiense sp. nov., which is described based on specimens of lineage 2 (=genoform A). Simulium (G.) paiense sp. nov. is similar to S. (G.) gombakense from Peninsular Malaysia but appears to be barely distinguished by the relative length of the female fore basitarsus. Simulium (G.) thuathienense Takaoka & Sofian-Azirun is newly recorded from Thailand and its male is described for the first time. The female of S. (G.) gombakense is briefly described based on females reared from pupae collected from Peninsular Malaysia.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Research grant from University of Malaya (RP021A/16SUS), Thailand Research Fund and the Office of the Higher Education Commission through the Research Grant for New Scholar (grant MRG5980101), Diamond Research Grant from the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aquatic insects; Biodiversity; Fauna; Lineage; DNA analysis
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2019 03:34
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2019 03:34
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20561

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