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
4498
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4498.1.1
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6.
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
lurauense
Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Hashim, 2011
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
lurauense
Takaoka
et al
., 2011b
: 63
–71 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
This species was described from females, males, pupae and larvae (
Takaoka
et al.
, 2011b
). It is characterized in the female by the elongate sensory vesicle, in the male by the number of upper-eye facets (14 or 15 vertical columns and 14 or 15 horizontal rows), the spindle-shaped hind basitarsus, which is clearly narrower than the hind tibia and nearly entirely darkened, and in the pupa by the small terminal hooks.
The pupae and larvae were collected from small streams at low to medium elevations (
224–737 m
) in
Cameron Highlands
and also at low to medium elevations in other areas of the mainland of Peninsular
Malaysia
(
Ya’cob
et al.
, 2016a, b).