Affiliations 

  • 1 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 3 R&D Center Composites Department, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Tai Shan District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • 4 Institute of Research Promotion, Oita University, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
J Med Entomol, 2018 06 28;55(4):884-892.
PMID: 29538704 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjy028

Abstract

A new black fly species, Simulium haiduanense Takaoka, Low & Huang (Diptera: Simuliidae), is described on the basis of females, males, pupae, and mature larvae from Taiwan. This new species is placed in the Simulium argentipes species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) and is characterized by the yellowish female legs, ovipositor valves rounded apically and with its inner margin concave, claw with a small subbasal tooth, male style without a basal protuberance, pupal gill with eight filaments, corbicular cocoon, and larval abdomen lacking paired protuberances. It represents the first record of the S. argentipes species-group from Taiwan. Taxonomic notes are given to separate this new species from all eight species in the same species-group. The phylogenetic relationships of this new species with four related species are presented.

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