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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38.
Simulium
(
Nevermannia
)
ledangense
Ya’cob, Takaoka & Sofian-Azirun, 2014
Simulium
(
Nevermannia
)
ledangense
Ya’cob, Takaoka & Sofian-Azirun, 2014: 228–236 (Female, male, pupa and larva)
This species was described from females, males, pupae and larvae collected from Mt. Ledang, Johor (Ya’cob
et al.
, 2014). It is distinguished from
S.
(
N
.)
feuerborni
and related species of the
S. feuerborni
species-group by female tergites 2 and 5–7 shiny, and pupal gill with a long stalk of the ventral paired filaments five times as long as the interspiracular trunk, and the cocoon without an anterodorsal projection.
The aquatic stages breed only in small streams at high elevation (ca.
1,000 m
) of Mt. Ledang.