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
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-12
4498
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journal article
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Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
tanahrataense
Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun
& Ya’cob, 2014
Simulium
(
Gomphostilbia
)
tanahrataense
:
Takaoka
et al
., 2014f
: 61
–63 (Male and pupa).
This species was described from two males reared from pupae (
Takaoka
et al
., 2014f
). Its female and larva are unknown. The male of
S
. (
G.
)
tanahrataense
is similar to those of
S
. (
G.
)
sofiani
and
S
. (
G.
)
lurauense
in having a similar number of enlarged upper-eye facets, a dark scutum without longitudinal vittae and a similar shape of the ventral plate, but is clearly distinguished from the latter two species by the bicolored, much widened hind basitarsus.
The pupae were collected from a small stream at high elevation (
1,470 m
) in Cameron Highlands.