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 text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-12 4498 1 1 65 journal article 29003 10.11646/zootaxa.4498.1.1 e3157d39-d48d-4df2-94a8-b097803e4342 1175-5326 1459138 334E786F-2793-4F10-909C-4ABBDA4075ED 46. Simulium ( Simulium ) rudnicki Takaoka & Davies, 1995 Simulium ( Simulium ) rudnicki Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 155 –157 (Female); Takaoka & Choochote, 2004: 311–314 (Male, pupa and larva). This species was described from females collected from Langkawi Island (Takaoka and Davies, 1995), and later recorded from Thailand ( Kuvangkadilok and Takaoka, 2000 ). The male, pupa and larva were described from specimens collected from Thailand ( Takaoka and Choochote, 2004b ). It is characterized in the female by the ovipositor valve with inner and posterior margins narrowly transparent and the simple claw, in the male by the flat ventral plate and in the pupa by the cocoon with a large anterolateral window on each side and gill with six filaments. No additional samples have been collected from Peninsular Malaysia.