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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37.
Simulium
(
Nevermannia
)
pairoti
Ya’cob, Takaoka & Sofian-Azirun, 2017
Simulium
(
Nevermannia
)
feuerborni
(not sensu Edwards); Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 86.
Simulium
(
Nevermannia
)
pairoti
Ya’cob, Takaoka & Sofian-Azirun, in Ya’cob
et al
., 2017: 133–141 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
This species was described from males, pupae and larvae collected from Cameron Highlands (Ya’cob
et al
., 2017). It was formerely regarded as
S
. (
N
.)
feuerborni
originally described from Java, Indonesia (Edwards, 1934). It is distinguished from
S
. (
N
.)
feuerborni
by the male paramere with 5 hooks (3 or 4 hooks in the latter species).
The immature stages of this species appear to breed in small to medium-sized streams at high elevations (
1,000–1,813 m
) in Cameron Highlands (Ya’cob
et al.
, 2016b). No additional material was found in other areas, though it was once recorded from Fraser’s Hill (Takaoka and Davies, 1995).