Classification, annotated list and keys for the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Peninsular Malaysia
Author
Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Author
Ya’Cob, Zubaidah
Author
Sofian-Azirun, Mohd
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-12
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24.
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
sheilae
Takaoka & Davies, 1995
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
sheilae
Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 60
–65 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
This species was described from females, males, pupae and larvae collected from Fraser’s Hill (Takaoka and Davies, 1995). It is characterized in the female by the elongate sensory vesicle, in the male by the hind basitarsus
medium to dark brown except basal one-third grayish (not clearly whitish) and in the pupa by the short common basal stalk and terminal hooks with outer margins smooth or slightly undulate (
Fig. 5C,D
).
The aquatic stages were found in streams at low to medium elevations (
159–711 m
) in various areas of Peninsular
Malaysia
.
This species was recorded from
Sarawak
,
Sabah
,
Sumatra
and
Thailand
(
Takaoka, 2001a
, b; Takaoka
et al
., 2000;
Kuvangkadilok and Takaoka, 2000
).