Morphotaxonomy of the Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand
Author
Tangkawanit, Ubon
Author
Kuvangkadilok, Chaliow
Author
Baimai, Visut
Author
Adler, Peter H.
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Zootaxa
2009
2048
31
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186496
a6aa7826-075e-4c7e-a095-ea3a3cd23017
1175-5326
186496
Simulium setsukoae
Takaoka and Choochote, 2004
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This species is recognized by the dark gray to grayish brown larvae (
Fig. 1
C) with a diffuse brown area posterolaterally on the head capsule (
Fig. 2
E); pupae without microtubercles on the antennal sheaths, rounded cephalic microtubercles (
Fig. 4
C), narrow gill filaments decreasing in thickness from dorsal to ventral, and gill stalks decreasing slightly in length from dorsal to ventral (
Fig. 7
D); females with sternite VII bearing short clusters of hairs; and males with a teardrop-shaped median sclerite (
Fig. 9
C) and about 20 upper ommatidia per column in the compound eye.