A new species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Genting Highlands, Malaysia

Ya'cob Z 1 , Takaoka H 2 , Low VL 3 , Sofian-Azirun M 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia. Electronic address: xuehy_perdana@yahoo.com
  • 2 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia. Electronic address: takaoka@oita-u.ac.jp
  • 3 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 4 Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
Acta Trop, 2018 Jun;182:1-3.
PMID: 29453951 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.007

Abstract

Simulium (Simulium) rasuli sp. nov. is described from two females collected by a Malaise trap in Genting Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia. This new species is placed in the Simulium christophersi species-group of the subgenus Simulium. The female of this new specie is characterized by the scutum with three longitudinal vittae, dark legs, claw with a small subbasal tooth, and ovipositor valve triangular with its inner margin nearly straight. This new species is distinguished in the female from all the six named species of the species-group by the entirely brownish-black femora and tibiae.

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