A new black fly species of Simulium (Nevermannia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Vietnam

Takaoka H 1 , Low VL 2 , Tan TK 3 , Sofian-Azirun M 4 , Chen CD 4 , Lau KW 4 Show all authors , Pham XD 5

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  • 1 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia. Electronic address: takaoka@oita-u.ac.jp
  • 2 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 4 Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 5 The National Office in Southern Region, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Vietnam, No 31, Han Thuyen street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam
Acta Trop, 2019 Feb;190:320-328.
PMID: 30496721 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.11.025

Abstract

Simulium pumatense sp. nov. is described from Vietnam, and is placed in the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Nevermannia) Enderlein. Its morphological characteristics include the relatively smaller numbers of the following three numerical features: inner teeth of the female mandible (15-18), minute conical processes (16) on the female cibarium, and male upper-eye facets (in 15 vertical columns and 16 horizontal rows). Keys are constructed to distinguish this species from four species of the same group in Vietnam. Our molecular analysis of the DNA barcoding COI gene shows that this species is most closely related to cytoform A of the S. feuerborni complex from Thailand.

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