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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61.
Simulium
(
Simulium
)
tani
Takaoka & Davies, 1995
complex
Simulium
(
Simulium
)
tani
Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 137
–141 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
This species was described from females, males, pupae and larvae collected from Fraser’s Hill,
Pahang
(Takaoka and Davies, 1995). It is characterized in the female by the claw with a minute subbasal projection, and in the pupa by the gill with six slender filaments directed forwards and close together.
The immature stages occur in small to medium-sized streams at low to high elevations (
224–1,813 m
) in
Cameron Highlands
and other areas in the Peninsular
Malaysia
(
Ya’cob
et al
., 2016a, b).
This species was shown to be a species complex consisting of 10 cytoforms by a chromosome analysis in
Thailand
(
Tangkawanit
et al
., 2009
). The
type
of
S. tani
from Peninsular
Malaysia
was shown to be different from any cytoforms reported from
Thailand
and
Taiwan
and was designated as cytoform K of the
S.
(
S.
)
tani
complex (
Adler
et al
., 2013
).