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(Photo. 1). Body length
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. Slightly narrower than thorax. Frons dark brown, densely covered with whitish-yellow recumbent hairs interspersed with several dark brown longer and stouter hairs along each lateral margin. Frontal ratio 1.81:1.00:2.57. Frons-head ratio 1.00:4.96. Fronto-ocular area (
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A) well developed, directed laterally and slightly upward, and with rounded apex. Clypeus dark brown, densely covered with whitish-yellow recumbent hairs (except portion near upper margin bare) intermixed with several dark longer and stouter hairs on each side. Labrum 1.11 times as long as clypeus. Antenna composed of scape, pedicel and 9 flagellomeres, dark brown except scape, pedicel and basal 1/3 of 1st flagellomere yellow. Maxillary palp consisting of 5 segments, proportional lengths of 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments 1.00:0.83:1.41; 3rd segment (
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B) much enlarged; sensory vesicle (
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B) elongate, 0.59 times as long as 3rd segment, with medium-sized opening. Maxillary lacinia with 9 inner and 12 or 13 outer teeth. Mandible with 20 inner teeth (of which few basal teeth are very tiny) and lacking outer teeth. Cibarium (
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C) with 43 minute conical processes with pointed apices as well as several minute spinous processes near lower margin.
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. Scutum yellow, densely covered with whitish-yellow recumbent hairs intermixed with several dark brown upright hairs on prescutellar area. Scutellum yellow, densely covered with whitish-yellow hairs interspersed with dark brown hairs. Postnotum yellow with somewhat darkened area and bare. Pleural membrane yellow and bare. Katepisternum longer than deep, yellow and bare.
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. Foreleg: coxa and trochanter yellow; femur yellow with apical cap dark brown; tibia dark brown except median large portion of outer surface light brown; tarsus dark brown; basitarsus slender, slightly dilated, 7.33 times as long as its greatest width. Midleg: coxa yellow except posterolateral surface medium to dark brown; trochanter whitish-yellow; femur whitish-yellow with apical cap medium brown; tibia light to dark brown except medial large portion on anterior and lateral surface light grayish; tarsus dark brown.
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leg: coxa and trochanter yellow; femur whitish-yellow with apical cap medium brown; tibia light to dark brown except medial large portion on anterior and lateral surfaces light grayish; basitarsus light grayish except base medium brown; rest of tarsus dark brown except basal 1/2 of 2nd tarsomere light grayish; basitarsus (
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D) nearly parallel-sided from base to middle, then slightly narrowed toward apex 5.74 times as long as its greatest width, and 0.83 and 0.68 times as wide as hind tibia and femur, respectively; calcipala (
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D) well developed, slightly shorter than its basal width, and 0.49 times as wide as greatest width of basitarsus; pedisulcus (
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D) well developed. Claw (
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E) with large basal tooth 0.46 times as long as claw.
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. Length
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. Costa with 2 parallel rows of dark brown spinules as well as dark brown hairs. Subcosta with dark brown hairs except near apex bare. Basal portion of radius fully haired; R1 with dark brown spinules and hairs; R2 with dark brown hairs. Hair tuft on stem vein dark brown. Basal medial cell absent.
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. Basal scale whitish-yellow, with fringe of whitish-yellow long hairs intermixed with 4 dark brown hairs. Segments 2 and 3 whitish-yellow, moderately covered with whitish-yellow short hairs interspersed with dark brown hairs dorsally, segments 49 whitish-yellow to light brown, widely mottled on dorsolateral and/or lateral surfaces with reddish-brown pigment markedly on segments 5 and 6, moderately on segment 4 and weakly on segment 7; segments 49 moderately covered with dark brown hairs; tergites 68 appearing very faintly shiny when illuminated at certain angle of light; ventral surface of segment 7 with large sternal plate medially.
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. Sternite 8 (
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F) wide, bare medially but furnished with 29 short to long hairs on each side. Ovipositor valves (
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F) triangular (though posteromedial corner rounded), thin, membranous except inner margin narrowly sclerotized, densely covered with microsetae interspersed with 6 or 7 short to medium-long hairs; inner margins sinuous, narrowly separated from each other. Genital fork (
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G) of inverted Y-form, with well sclerotized stem and relatively wide arms; each arm with lateral plate bearing round lobe-like projection directed medioposteriorly and short narrow stout projection directed anterodorsally. Paraproct in ventral view (
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H) subquadrate, slightly longer than its greatest width; anteromedial surface nearly transparent, with 5 or 6 sensilla; paraproct in lateral view (
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I) somewhat protruded ventrally beyond ventral margin of cercus, and with 1921 medium to long hairs on ventral and lateral surfaces. Cercus in lateral view (
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I) rounded posteriorly, short, 0.38 times as long as basal width. Spermatheca (
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J) nearly ovoidal, 1.23 times as long as its greatest width, strongly sclerotized except small area around juncture with duct and duct itself unsclerotized, with distinct reticulate surface pattern and without internal setae; main spermathecal duct narrow, somewhat narrower than both accessory ducts.
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. Body length 3.0 mm.
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. Integument yellow to light brown, moderately covered with round tubercles of various sizes (
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in diameter) on frons (
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A) and sparsely covered with similar tubercles of various sizes on lateral surface of face; antennal sheath bare; frons with 2 short simple trichomes (
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A) on each side; face with 1 medium-long simple trichome (
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A) on each side.
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. Integument yellow to light brown, moderately covered with round tubercles of different sizes (
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in diameter) on dorsal and lateral surfaces of anterior 1/2 and sparsely covered with smaller ones on dorsal surface of posterior 1/2; thorax on each side with 3 long simple trichomes with coiled apices mediodorsally (
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B), 2 simple trichomes (1 long with coiled apex, 1 medium-long with uncoiled apex) anterolaterally (
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C), 1 medium-long trichome with uncoiled apex (simple on right side—Fig. 2D, bifid on left side—Fig. 2E) mediolaterally and 3 simple trichomes with uncoiled apices (2 medium-long, 1 short) ventrolaterally (
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F). Gill (
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GI) with 6 long thread-like slender filaments, arranged in 3 pairs (1 inner dorsal, 1 outer dorsal and 1 outer ventral); 2 outer pairs sharing very short stalk; all pairs short-stalked, stalks of outer pairs subequal in length to each other and longer than that of inner dorsal pair; common basal stalk short; all filaments grayish-brown, tapered toward tip, extending close together anteriorly, subequal in length (
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) and thickness to one another (though filaments of inner dorsal pair very slightly thicker than others when compared basally); cuticular surface with distinct annular ridges and furrows, and moderately covered with minute tubercles of different sizes (larger ones on ridges and smaller ones on interridges).
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. Dorsally, segments 14 weakly sclerotized and light brown; segment 1 moderately covered with minute tubercles, with 1 medium-long slender simple seta on each side; segment 2 moderately covered with minute tubercles and with 1 medium-long slender simple seta and 5 very short spinous setae on each side; segments 38 without minute tubercles; segments 3 and 4 each with 4 hooks and 1 very short spinous seta on each side; segment 5 bare; segments 68 each with spine-combs directed backward in transverse row and comb-like groups of minute spines on each side; segment 9 yellow, with pair of distinct conical terminal hooks (
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J) as well as comb-like groups of minute spines. Ventrally, segments 38 with comb-like groups of minute spines; segment 4 with 1 simple hooklet and few short simple slender setae on each side; segment 5 with pair of bifid hooks submedially and few very short slender setae on each side; segments 6 and 7 each with pair of bifid inner and simple outer hooks and few slender very short setae on each side.
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. Simple, wall-pocket shaped, compactly woven without open spaces in web, with anterior margin thickly woven, without anterodorsal projection or bulge, and widely extending ventrolaterally; individual threads invisible; 4.0 mm long by
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The whole body of an adult female (lateral view) of
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Preserved in 80% ethanol after reared from a pupa, and photographed by a digital imaging system of Olympus DP25. Body length
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. Body length
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. Body creamy, with grayish band or area on thoracic segments 1 and 3 and abdominal segments 14. Cephalic apotome whitish-yellow to yellow; head spots very faintly positive. Lateral surface of head capsule yellow except eye-spot region white; eyebrow indistinct though 1 dark spot present medially; 2 large spots and 1 small spot near posterior margin and 2 small spots below eye-spot region faintly to moderately positive. Ventral surface of head capsule (
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A) yellow except basal area on each side of postgenal cleft dark brown; 1 elongate and 1 round spot on each side of postgenal cleft markedly positive. Cervical sclerite composed of 2 faint small elliptical pieces, not fused to occiput, widely separated medially from each other. Antenna consisting of 3 segments and apical sensillum, much longer than stem of labral fan; proportional lengths of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd segments 1.00:0.76:0.92. Labral fan with 19 main rays. Mandible (
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B) with mandibular serrations consisting of 2 teeth (1 large and 1 small); large tooth at obtuse angle with mandible on apical side; comb-teeth composed of 3 teeth shortened from 1st to 3rd; supernumerary serrations absent. Hypostoma (
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C) with 9 apical teeth in row; median and corner teeth well developed; lateral margin nearly smooth except apical portion with 2 or 3 weakly developed teeth; 3 or 5 hypostomal bristles lying slightly divergent posteriorly from lateral margin on each side. Postgenal cleft (
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A) small, 0.73 times as long as postgenal bridge. Thoracic cuticle bare. Histoblast of pharate pupal gill (
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D) with 6 slender thread-like filaments arranged in 3 pairs as in pupal gill filaments except relative length of stalks of 3 pairs: i.e., stalk of outer ventral pair is much longer than that of outer dorsal pair, which is slightly shorter than that of inner dorsal pair. Abdominal cuticle bare except both sides of anal sclerite moderately covered with simple colorless setae and each lateral surface just above ventral papilla also sparsely covered with simple colorless setae. Rectal scales minute and colorless. Rectal organ compound, with 810 fingerlike secondary lobules per lobe. Anal sclerite of usual X-form, with anterior arms nearly as long as posterior ones, broadly sclerotized at basal juncture; sensilla absent on and just posterior to basal juncture area; accessory sclerite absent. Last abdominal segment much expanded ventrolaterally forming large ventral papilla on each side. Posterior circlet with 82 rows of up to 14 hooklets per row.
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB1FFD8FF07BE79FECAF888" bold="true" box="[151,275,1887,1910]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Female of
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(
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A, fronto-ocular area (right side); B, 3rd segment of maxillary palp with sensory vesicle (right side, front view); C, cibarium; D, basitarsus and 2nd tarsomere of hind leg (left side, outer view); E, claw; F, 8th sternite and ovipositor valves (ventral view); G, genital fork (ventral view); H and I, paraprocts and cerci (right side; H, ventral view; I, lateral view); J, spermatheca (lateral view). Scale bars 0.1 mm for D; 0.02 mm for AC and FJ; 0.01 mm for E.
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB6FFDFFF07BE60FECAF8A0" bold="true" box="[151,275,1862,1885]" pageId="4" pageNumber="66">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Pupa of
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(
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)
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A, frons and part of face with trichomes and round tubercles (left half); BF, thoracic trichomes (B, mediodorsal; C, anterolateral; D and E, mediolateral; F, ventrolateral); G, gill filaments (apical portions of 4 of 6 filaments lost) (right side; dorsal view); H, basal portion of gill filaments (right side; dorsolateral view); I, basal portion of gill filaments with anterior portion of thorax showing interspiracular trunk; J, terminal hook (left side; lateral view). Scale bars. 0.1 mm for GI; 0.05 mm for A; 0.01 mm for BF and J.
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF57B9BEFEDDFF4C" bold="true" box="[199,260,152,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Male</emphasis>
. Unknown.
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specimens.
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female (associated with pupal exuviae and cocoon) (in 80% ethanol), collected from a moderately-running trickle (width
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, depth
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, water temperature 1516˚C, completely shaded, altitude
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, 27˚2325.3” N, 88˚2568.5” E), Dali, Darjeeling,
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,
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, by S. Thapa.
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: 1 mature larva, same data as those of
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except date,
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.
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF5EB86DFE48FE98" bold="true" box="[206,401,331,356]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Biological notes.</emphasis>
The pupa and larva of this new species were taken from small pebbles in the water. Associated species were
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFEF3B856FEA8FE7B" box="[355,369,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">S</emphasis>
. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE21B856FDDBFE74" box="[433,514,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">sachini</emphasis>
Takaoka &amp; Henry
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,
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFD4EB856FD35FE7B" box="[734,748,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">S</emphasis>
. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFCBCB856FCABFE74" box="[812,882,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">williei</emphasis>
Takaoka &amp; Thapa,
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. (
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)
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sp. and
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. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF30B8B3FF6AFE50" box="[160,179,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">N</emphasis>
.) sp. (
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF6AB8B2FEA9FE50" box="[250,368,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">feuerborni</emphasis>
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species-group).
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF57B89EFE97FE2C" bold="true" box="[199,334,440,464]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFDB2B89EFD59FE2C" box="[546,640,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">subratai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in honor of Prof. Subrata Dey, who was a Ph.D. supervisor for W.H.
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<subSubSection id="C347654BFFB7FFDEFF57B8FAFCD6F905" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BE236C0FFB7FFDEFF57B8FAFF10FD78" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,644]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF57B8FAFEE2FE08" bold="true" box="[199,315,476,500]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFED4B8FAFE74FE08" box="[324,429,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE51B8FBFE02FE08" box="[449,475,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">N.</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE7DB8FAFD93FE08" box="[493,586,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">subratai</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
is readily assigned to the
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFC71B8FAFB8EFE08" box="[993,1111,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">feuerborni</emphasis>
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species-group, redefined by
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, by the combination of the following characteristics: both pleural membrane and katepisternum bare, the basal portion of the radial vein haired and claw with a large basal tooth in the female, the pupal gill with six long thread-like filaments per side (
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G); and the larval head capsule with a small short postgenal cleft (
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A).
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF07BF04FECBF9C4" bold="true" box="[151,274,1570,1593]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Mature larva of
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(
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)
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</emphasis>
A, head capsule showing small postgenal cleft (ventral view); B, apical portion of mandible; C, hypostoma (ventral view); D, basal portion of histoblast of gill filaments of pharate pupa (left side; outer view). Scale bars. 0.1 mm for A; 0.05 mm for D; 0.02 mm for C; 0.01 mm for B.
</paragraph>
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This new species is distinctive in having the female thorax entirely yellow (Photo. 1), a characteristics infrequently occurring in the 2,101 described species of the family
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, such as five species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFAD3BF98FF0EF905" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Prosimulium</emphasis>
Roubaud
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from North
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB7FFDEFDAEBFC7FCDAF905" author="Adler" box="[574,771,1761,1785]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" refString="Adler, P. H., Currie, D. C. &amp; Wood, D. M. (2004) The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America. xv + 941 pp., Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York." type="book" year="2004">
Adler
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFD17BFC4FD66F905" box="[647,703,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
2004
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C347654BFFB7FFDDFF57BE23FE24FBF3" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="68" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BE236C0FFB7FFDEFF57BE23FC38F809" blockId="5.[151,1437,1689,2037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB7FFDEFF57BE23FE13F8E1" ID-CoL="8DY85" box="[199,458,1797,1821]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subratai" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFF57BE23FEE8F8E1" box="[199,305,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Simulium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFED1BE20FE8DF8E1" box="[321,340,1798,1821]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFEFCBE23FE13F8E1" box="[364,458,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">subratai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE40BE23FDF3F8E1" bold="true" box="[464,554,1797,1821]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21A57A9FFB7FFDEFE40BE23FDF3F8E1" box="[464,554,1797,1821]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is also exceptional within the
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB7FFDEFC11BE23FC2EF8E1" ID-CoL="8DY4G" box="[897,1015,1797,1821]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="feuerborni">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFC11BE23FC2EF8E1" box="[897,1015,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">feuerborni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group in lacking any colored markings on the larval abdomen. Among 18 described species of this species-group, of which the larval stage is known, only
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFEBABE68FEE1F899" box="[298,312,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFEDFBE68FEBBF899" box="[335,354,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFEE9BE68FE6EF899" box="[377,439,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">saitoi</emphasis>
Takaoka
</taxonomicName>
described from
<collectingCountry id="F34A7650FFB7FFDEFD44BE68FCCDF899" box="[724,788,1870,1893]" name="Japan" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">Japan</collectingCountry>
has no colored markings on the larval abdomen (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB7FFDEFAABBE6BFEECF875" author="Takaoka" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" refString="Takaoka, H. &amp; Saito, K. (2000) Description of a new species of Simulium (Nevermannia) from Japan (Diptera: Simuliidae). Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine &amp; Hygiene, 28, 19 - 24." type="journal article" year="2000">Takaoka &amp; Saito 2000</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB7FFDEFE2FBE54FD88F875" box="[447,593,1905,1929]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saitoi" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE2FBE54FE0CF875" box="[447,469,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">S.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFE77BE54FE23F875" box="[487,506,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB7FFDEFD83BE54FD88F875" box="[531,593,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="67">saitoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the present new species by the following characteristics: the apex of the female mandible serrated on both sides, both female postnotum and katepisternum light brown (though the scutum is yellow), the common basal stalk of the pupal gill medium-long and the larval postgenal cleft much shorter, 0.36 times as long as the postgenal bridge (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB7FFDEFD44BEFBFC0FF809" author="Takaoka" box="[724,982,2013,2037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="67" refString="Takaoka, H. &amp; Saito, K. (2000) Description of a new species of Simulium (Nevermannia) from Japan (Diptera: Simuliidae). Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine &amp; Hygiene, 28, 19 - 24." type="journal article" year="2000">Takaoka &amp; Saito 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE236C0FFB4FFDDFF57B9B1FC37FE2C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">
The gill filaments of the pupa of this new species are arranged in three pairs with short stalks and extend forward in the form of a complete bundle, resembling those of the pupal exuviae collected in June from Dyushambinka River,
<collectingCountry id="F34A7650FFB4FFDDFEDCB9F9FE07FF0B" box="[332,478,223,247]" name="Tajikistan" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">Tadzhikistan</collectingCountry>
, which was thought to be a different form of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFC74B9C6FAD8FF0B" ID-CoL="8DXH3" authority="Rubtsov" authorityName="Rubtsov" box="[996,1281,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepnevae" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFC74B9C6FC2BFF0B" box="[996,1010,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFB9BB9C7FBC7FF04" box="[1035,1054,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFBA6B9C6FB43FF04" box="[1078,1178,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">lepnevae</emphasis>
Rubtsov
</taxonomicName>
, described on the basis of male, pupal and larval specimens collected in October from the same river (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFB34B822FA9EFEE0" author="Rubtsov" box="[1188,1351,260,284]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Rubtsov, I. A. (1959 - 1964) Simuliidae (Melusinidae). In: Lindner, E. ed. Die Fliegen palaearktischen Region, 14, 1 - 689." type="journal article" year="1959">
Rubtsov
<date id="FFE31000FFB4FFDDFA9EB822FA9EFEE0" box="[1294,1351,260,284]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" value="1959" valueMax="1964">1959</date>
</bibRefCitation>
1964). However, tubercles on the annular ridges of the pupal gill filaments are apparently not enlarged in the different form of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFF63B86BFE7FFE98" ID-CoL="8DXH3" box="[243,422,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepnevae" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFF63B86BFED8FE98" box="[243,257,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFE88B86BFEF2FE98" box="[280,299,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFED2B86AFE7FFE98" box="[322,422,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">lepnevae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
according to the illustration (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFD60B86AFC49FE98" author="Rubtsov" box="[752,912,332,356]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Rubtsov, I. A. (1959 - 1964) Simuliidae (Melusinidae). In: Lindner, E. ed. Die Fliegen palaearktischen Region, 14, 1 - 689." type="journal article" year="1959">
Rubtsov
<date id="FFE31000FFB4FFDDFCC7B86AFC49FE98" box="[855,912,332,356]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" value="1959" valueMax="1964">1959</date>
</bibRefCitation>
1964). The typical form of the pupa of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFAC4B86BFF22FE74" ID-CoL="8DXH3" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepnevae" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFAC4B86BFABBFE98" box="[1364,1378,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFAE9B86BFA55FE98" box="[1401,1420,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFF07B856FF22FE74" box="[151,251,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">lepnevae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the pupa of this new species by the gill filaments arranged in three pairs with no or very short stalks, and the cocoon with a short anterodorsal bulge (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFC94B8B2FC7DFE50" author="Rubtsov" box="[772,932,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Rubtsov, I. A. (1959 - 1964) Simuliidae (Melusinidae). In: Lindner, E. ed. Die Fliegen palaearktischen Region, 14, 1 - 689." type="journal article" year="1959">
Rubtsov
<date id="FFE31000FFB4FFDDFCFBB8B2FC7DFE50" box="[875,932,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" value="1959" valueMax="1964">1959</date>
</bibRefCitation>
1964). The mature larva of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFB78B8B3FA45FE50" ID-CoL="8DXH3" box="[1256,1436,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepnevae" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFB78B8B3FB2FFE50" box="[1256,1270,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFA9EB8B3FAF8FE50" box="[1294,1313,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFAA8B8B2FA45FE50" box="[1336,1436,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">lepnevae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a chocholate-brown body, differing from that of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFD71B89EFC54FE2C" ID-CoL="8DY85" box="[737,909,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subratai" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFD71B89EFD36FE33" box="[737,751,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFC96B89FFCC0FE2C" box="[774,793,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFCA0B89EFC54FE2C" box="[816,909,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">subratai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFC04B89EFC37FE2C" bold="true" box="[916,1006,440,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21A57A9FFB4FFDDFC04B89EFC37FE2C" box="[916,1006,440,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE236C0FFB4FFDDFF57B8FAFEF6FD78" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">
The pupa of this new species is very similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFC8FB8FBFBF1FE08" ID-CoL="9HVV6" authority="Takaoka" authorityName="Takaoka" box="[799,1064,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wichaii" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFC8FB8FBFCF4FE08" box="[799,813,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFCD4B8FBFC8EFE08" box="[836,855,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFCFEB8FAFC18FE08" box="[878,961,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">wichaii</emphasis>
Takaoka
</taxonomicName>
, which was described from male, pupal and larval specimens collected from
<collectingCountry id="F34A7650FFB4FFDDFDEEB8D9FD38FDEB" box="[638,737,511,535]" name="Thailand" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">Thailand</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFD61B8D9FBD7FDEB" author="Takaoka" box="[753,1038,511,535]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Takaoka, H. &amp; Srisuka, W. (2010) Simulium (Nevermannia) wichaii, a new black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from northern Thailand. Medical Entomology &amp; Zoology, 61, 273 - 279." type="journal article" year="2010">Takaoka &amp; Srisuka 2010</bibRefCitation>
) in having the similar arrangement of the pupal gill filaments. However,
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFDA6BB03FD0EFDC0" ID-CoL="9HVV6" box="[566,727,548,572]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wichaii" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFDA6BB03FD9DFDC0" box="[566,580,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFDCBBB03FDB7FDC0" box="[603,622,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFD14BB02FD0EFDC0" box="[644,727,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">wichaii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs by having the pupal frons and thorax covered with dark, relatively enlarged tubercles (
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in diameter) and the presence of reddish-brown markings on the larval abdomen.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE236C0FFB4FFDDFF57BBA9FE24FBF3" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">
The five species of the
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFE59BBB6FDE6FD54" box="[457,575,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">feuerborni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group recorded from
<collectingCountry id="F34A7650FFB4FFDDFC1DBBA9FC1FFD5B" box="[909,966,655,679]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">India</collectingCountry>
are readily distinguished from the present new species by the following characteristics:
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFD09BB93FC82FD30" ID-CoL="8DY7M" box="[665,859,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufithorax" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFD09BB93FD7EFD30" box="[665,679,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFD2FBB93FD0BFD30" box="[703,722,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFD7ABB92FC82FD30" box="[746,859,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">rufithorax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, described from both female and male adult specimens, differs by having the reddish-brown scutum in both sexes (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFC12BBF1FBFDFD13" author="Brunetti" box="[898,1060,727,751]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Brunetti, E. (1911) New Oriental Nematocera (Simuliidae). Records of Indian Museum, 4, 282 - 288." type="journal article" year="1911">Brunetti 1911</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFBA9BBFEFB14FD0C" ID-CoL="8DY7S" box="[1081,1229,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senile" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFBA9BBFEFB9EFD13" box="[1081,1095,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFBF0BBFFFBAAFD0C" box="[1120,1139,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFB1CBBFEFB14FD0C" box="[1164,1229,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">senile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, described from a single male specimen, has the black scutum in the male (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFC8CBBDAFC60FCE8" author="Brunetti" box="[796,953,764,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Brunetti, E. (1911) New Oriental Nematocera (Simuliidae). Records of Indian Museum, 4, 282 - 288." type="journal article" year="1911">Brunetti 1911</bibRefCitation>
) and probably the same colored scutum in the female;
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D43FFB4FFDDFE8CBA06FE36FCC4" ID-CoL="8DY74" box="[284,495,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Simuliidae" genus="Simulium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praelargum" subGenus="Nevermannia">
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFE8CBA06FEF3FCCB" box="[284,298,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFED2BA07FE8CFCC4" box="[322,341,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFEFCBA06FE36FCC4" box="[364,495,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">praelargum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was described from female, male, pupal and larval specimens, differs in the female by the orange-red scutum, in the pupa by the cocoon with a long anterodorsal projection as well the gill filaments arranged as 2+1+1+2 filaments from dorsal to ventral, and in the larva by possessing reddish-brown markings on the abdomen and the small postgenal cleft which is 0.32 times as long as the postgenal bridge (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFA9EBAAAFA56FC58" author="Datta" box="[1294,1423,908,932]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Datta, M. (1973) New species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the subgenera Eusimulium Roubaud and Gomphostilbia Enderlein from the Darjeeling area, India. Oriental Insects, 7, 363 - 402." type="journal article" year="1973">Datta 1973</bibRefCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFF07BA96FF7CFC3B" box="[151,165,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFF2FBA97FF0BFC34" box="[191,210,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.) sp. A, which was described from a single female, has an orange-red scutum (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC4B31FFB4FFDDFBF8BA89FB35FC3B" author="Datta" box="[1128,1260,943,967]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Datta, M. (1973) New species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the subgenera Eusimulium Roubaud and Gomphostilbia Enderlein from the Darjeeling area, India. Oriental Insects, 7, 363 - 402." type="journal article" year="1973">Datta 1973</bibRefCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFA93BA96FAC8FC3B" box="[1283,1297,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFABBBA97FAE7FC34" box="[1323,1342,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.) sp. D, reported from pupal specimens, has the arrangement of the pupal gill filaments similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFB5ABAF3FB01FC10" box="[1226,1240,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFB7FBAF3FADBFC10" box="[1263,1282,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">N</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B929EAD2FFB4FFDDFA89BAF2FA45FC10" box="[1305,1436,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="68">praelargum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
according to
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Datta
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(1975)
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.
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