The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Vietnam
Author
Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Author
Sofian-Azirun, Mohd
Author
Ya’Cob, Zubaidah
Author
Chen, Chee Dhang
Author
Lau, Koon Weng
Author
Low, Van Lun
Author
Pham, Xuan Da
Author
Adler, Peter H.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4261
1
1
165
journal article
33106
10.5281/zenodo.571608
06d40acc-4fc2-4de6-9aab-96f3776ef44c
1175-5326
571608
C097C43E-D522-46C4-9D64-76D3CD4BAD86
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
montiblense
Takaoka, 1983
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
montiblense
Takaoka, 1983
: 71
–73 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
Distribution.
Philippines
(
Palawan
) and
Vietnam
.
Remarks
. This species was described from
Palawan
, the
Philippines
by
Takaoka (1983)
, and later recorded from
Vietnam
by
Crosskey and Howard (1997)
. No detailed information of this record was available; hence, the material and locality in
Vietnam
are unknown. If its identification was based only on the pupal stage, there is a possibility that the species recorded as
S
. (
G
.)
montiblense
is one of three species, i.e.,
S
. (
G
.)
eshimai
sp. nov.
,
S
. (
G
.)
longlanhense
or
S
. (
G
.)
parahiyangum
because the pupal gills of
S
. (
G
.)
montiblense
and the three other species are all short, and their arrangements are almost indistinguishable from one another (
Takaoka 1983
;
Takaoka and Sigit 1992
;
Takaoka
et al
. 2015a
).