| tests of conspecificity for closely related black fly (diptera: simuliidae) species of the <i>simulium</i> <i>striatum</i> group in thailand. | four black fly species of the simulium striatum species group have been recorded in thailand. these species are morphologically highly similar in all developmental stages except for the number and arrangement of the pupal gill filaments. in this study, we used multiple characters sources, including morphology, cytology, molecular biology and ecology, to test the hypothesis of conspecificity for s. quinquestriatum (shiraki), s. nakhonense takaoka & suzuki and s. chiangmaiense takaoka & suzuki. a ... | 2017 | 28264419 |
| the black flies (diptera: simuliidae) of the lesser sunda archipelago, indonesia. | surveys of pupae and larvae of black flies were carried out in bali, lombok, sumbawa and flores in the lesser sunda archipelago, indonesia, where 10 species were known. a total of 14 simuliid species including four new species and five new records of the genus simulium were collected, bringing the number of species from the lesser sunda archipelago to 19. they are classified into four subgenera: two in nevermannia, nine in gomphostilbia, seven in simulium and one in wallacellum. one of four new ... | 2017 | 28115156 |
| a new species of the simulium (simulium) striatum species group (diptera: simuliidae) from thailand, and its differentiation from two related species based on a fast-evolving nuclear gene. | simulium (simulium) phraense sp. nov. (diptera: simuliidae) is described from females, males, pupae, and larvae from thailand. this new species is placed in the simulium striatum species group and is most similar to simulium (simulium) nakhonense takaoka & suzuki (diptera: simuliidae) from thailand among species of the same species group but is barely distinguished from the latter species by lacking annular ridges on the surface of the pupal gill filaments. the fast-evolving nuclear big zinc fin ... | 2018 | 29361011 |