| dimorphic male scutal patterns and upper-eye facets of simulium mirum n. sp. (diptera: simuliidae) from malaysia. | a species of simulium in the simulium melanopus species-group of the subgenus simulium (formerly misidentified as s. laterale edwards from sabah and sarawak, malaysia) is suspected to have dimorphic male scutal color patterns linked with different numbers of upper-eye facets. this study aimed to confirm whether or not these two forms of adult males represent a single species. | 2016 | 26961508 |
| two new species of simulium (simulium) (diptera: simuliidae) from mount murud, sarawak, malaysia. | two new species of black flies, simulium (simulium) murudense and simulium (simulium) cheedhangi, are described on the basis of females, males, pupae, and larvae collected in mount murud, sarawak, malaysia. both species belong to the simulium melanopus edwards species group. s. (s.) murudense sp. nov. is distinguished from most known species by a combination of the haired basal portion of the radial vein and the darkened fore coxae, and s. (s.) cheedhangi sp. nov. is characterized in the female ... | 2015 | 26336278 |
| revision of the simulium (simulium) melanopus species-group (diptera: simuliidae) in sabah, malaysia. | species of the simulium (simulium) melanopus species-group in sabah are taxonomically revised by examining type specimens of s. (s.) crassimanum s. (s.) laterale, and s. (s.) nigripilosum, all described from females by edwards in 1933, and newly collected samples from the vicinity of mt. kinabalu. the females of these three species are redescribed, and their males and pupae are described for the first time based on adults reared from pupae. simulium (s.) liewi takaoka, 2007 and s. (s.) kinabalue ... | 2015 | 26250021 |