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Issue: Vol. 4768 No. 3: 4 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.4
Page range: 374–382
Abstract views: 96
PDF downloaded: 2

A new black fly species of Simulium (Nevermannia) (Simuliidae: Diptera) from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India

Department of Zoology, Government Arts College, Melur-625106, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Centre for Research in Aquatic Entomology, The Madura College, Madurai-625011, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Zoology, Government Arts College, Melur-625106, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
PG Department of Biotechnology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai-625009 Tamil Nadu, India
cCentre for Research in Aquatic Entomology, The Madura College, Madurai-625011, Tamil Nadu, India
dVice Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021.
Diptera Simulium Nevermannia new species taxonomic key Eastern Ghats

Abstract

A new black fly species, Simulium (Nevermannia) karavalliense sp. nov. is described from Southern Eastern Ghats of South India. This new species is placed in the Simulium ruficorne species-group of the subgenus Nevermannia. S. (N.) karavalliense sp. nov. is characterized by female with a long sensory vesicle, male upper eye with 14 vertical columns and 16 horizontal rows of large facets, pupal gill with 8 filaments and larval hypostoma with 6 hypostomal bristles lying parallel to lateral margin. Taxonomic keys are provided to distinguish this new species from related species in India.

 

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