Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Low, Van Lun and Huang, Yao-Te and Fukuda, Masako and Ya'cob, Zubaidah (2021) Two new black fly species of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) asakoae species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Taiwan. Acta Tropica, 222. ISSN 0001-706X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106023.
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Two new black fly species, Simulium (Gomphostilbia) kaohsiungense and S. (G.) shoufengense, are described from females, males and pupae in Taiwan. These new species are placed in the S. asakoae species-group. Simulium (G.) kaohsiungense sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the elongate female sensory vesicle, male upper-eye (large) facets in 15 vertical columns and 15 or 16 horizontal rows, male hind basitarsus 1.02-1.15 times the width of the hind femur, and widened pupal terminal hooks. These characteristics distinguish this new species from most species of the S. asakoae species-group. Simulium (G.) shoufengense sp. nov. is similar in the female and male to S. (G.) asakoae Takaoka & Davies originally described from Peninsular Malaysia but is distinguished from the latter species in the pupa by the combined length of the primary and secondary stalks of the dorsal triplet of gill filaments as long as or longer than the common basal stalk of the gill, and dorsum of abdominal segments 1 and 2 not darkened. The species previously regarded in Taiwan as S. (G.) metatarsale Brunetti, originally described from India, is morphologically and molecularly identified as S. (G.) asakoae.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Education, Malaysia, under the Higher Institution center of Excellence (HICoE) niche area vector and vector-borne diseases [Grant No: MO002-2019] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biting insects; Taxonomy; Biodiversity; Oriental region |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences R Medicine > RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine |
| Divisions: | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2022 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 06:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/28126 |
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