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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Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
sextuplum
Takaoka & Davies, 1995
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
sextuplum
Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 28
–32 (Female, pupa and larva).
This species was described from females, pupae and larvae (Takaoka and Davies, 1995). The male of this species is unknown. It is characterized in the female by the frons almost bare except several hairs along both lateral margins, and in the pupa by the gill with six long slender filaments arranged as (2+2)+2 from dorsal to ventral.
The pupae and larvae were collected from Bentong (
type
locality),
Pahang
. No additional specimens were available.