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Issue: Vol. 4651 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.2.12
Page range: 392–400
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 1

A new black fly species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae)
from Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia.
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia.
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Mataram (UNRAM), Mataram, 83125 Indonesia.
Diptera Taxonomy biodiversity aquatic insects fauna

Abstract

Simulium (Gomphostilbia) marosense sp. nov. is described based on adults, pupae and mature larvae from Sulawesi, Indonesia. This new species is placed in the Simulium duolongum subgroup of the S. batoense species-group, representing the ninth member for the subgroup in Sulawesi. This new species is characterized by a narrow female frons and pupal gill with eight filaments, of which two filaments of the ventral pair are 1.9–3.0 times as long as the six other filaments. Taxonomic notes are provided to distinguish this new species from related species.

 

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