A New Species of the Simulium (Simulium) argentipes Species-Group (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Taiwan, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships With Four Related Species

Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Low, Van Lun and Tan, Tiong Kai and Huang, Yae Te and Fukuda, Masako and Ya'cob, Zubaidah (2018) A New Species of the Simulium (Simulium) argentipes Species-Group (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Taiwan, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships With Four Related Species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 55 (4). pp. 884-892. ISSN 0022-2585, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy028.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy028

Abstract

A new black fly species, Simulium haiduanense Takaoka, Low & Huang (Diptera: Simuliidae), is described on the basis of females, males, pupae, and mature larvae from Taiwan. This new species is placed in the Simulium argentipes species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) and is characterized by the yellowish female legs, ovipositor valves rounded apically and with its inner margin concave, claw with a small subbasal tooth, male style without a basal protuberance, pupal gill with eight flaments, corbicular cocoon, and larval abdomen lacking paired protuberances. It represents the first record of the S. argentipes species-group from Taiwan. Taxonomic notes are given to separate this new species from all eight species in the same species-group. The phylogenetic relationships of this new species with four related species are presented.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Research grant from University of Malaya (RP021A/16SUS)
Uncontrolled Keywords: black fly; aquatic insect; fauna; taxonomy
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2019 03:37
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2019 03:37
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20562

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