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Issue: Vol. 409 No. 1: 16 Jan. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.409.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 4

An unusual new species of Paracnephia Rubtsov (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Australia

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA 37996-4560
Division of Entomology, 114 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA 29634-0315
Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Diptera Simuliidae Paracnephia taxonomy relationships

Abstract

Paracnephia gladiator is described from fast-flowing streams of the Jarrah Forest, Darling Plateau, Western Australia. Diagnostic characters are provided for all life stages after the egg. The generic assignment is tentative given the limited understanding of relationships among Gondwanan Simuliidae previously assigned to Prosimuliini. The M-shaped median sclerite of the male terminalia and the large calcipala suggest phylogenetic affinity with the Neotropical genera Araucnephia and Araucnephioides. The simple tarsal claw suggests that females are mammalophilic. Females are attracted to humans but do not bite.

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