Unrecorded subgenus of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Korea
Author
Kim, Sam-Kyu
samkyuk@kangwon.ac.kr
text
Journal of Species Research
2020
2020-02-28
9
1
19
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journal article
58765
10.12651/JSR.2020.9.1.019
f7e07653-5dc7-467c-8e2f-261f9f1c8015
2713-8615
8120512
Subgenus
Boreosimulium
Rubtsov & Yankovsky
Boreosimulium
Rubtsov & Yankovsky 1982: 183-184
(as genus).
Type
species:
Melusina annulus
Lundstrom 1911: 17-18
, by original designation.
Diagnosis
(Modified from
Adler
et al.
, 2004
).
Adults: Radius with hair dorsobasally, scutum typically unpatterned. Female: claws each with basal thumbÂlike lobe. Cibarium with or without oblique rows of denticles. Spermatheca unpigmented proximally, wall with polygonal pattern. Male: Gonostylus slender, tapered to pointed apex, with 1 apical spinule. Ventral plate with median keel typically weak or well developed. Paramere with 0, 1 or multiple apical spines.
Pupa: Gill with 4 filaments. Cocoon slipper shaped.
Larva: Antenna with 3 or more hyaline bands or spots. Abdominal segments IX with or without prominent ventral tubercles. Abdominal setae unbranched, translucent, sparse. Rectal papillae of 3 compound lobes.