| breeding habitat preference of preimaginal black flies (diptera: simuliidae) in peninsular malaysia. | to investigate the breeding habitat preference of black flies, a comprehensive black fly survey was conducted for the first time in peninsular malaysia. preimaginal black flies (pupae and larvae) were collected manually from 180 stream points encompassing northern, southern, central and east coast of the peninsular malaysia. a total of 47 black fly species were recorded in this study. the predominant species were simulium trangense (36.7%) and simulium angulistylum (33.3%). relatively common spe ... | 2016 | 26476394 |
| dna barcoding of tropical black flies (diptera: simuliidae) of thailand. | the ecological and medical importance of black flies drives the need for rapid and reliable identification of these minute, structurally uniform insects. we assessed the efficiency of dna barcoding for species identification of tropical black flies. a total of 351 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequences were obtained from 41 species in six subgenera of the genus simulium in thailand. despite high intraspecific genetic divergence (mean = 2.00%, maximum = 9.27%), dna barcodes provided 96% correct ... | 2014 | 24112561 |
| integrated cytogenetic, ecological, and dna barcode study reveals cryptic diversity in simulium (gomphostilbia) angulistylum (diptera: simuliidae). | an integrated approach based on cytogenetics, molecular genetics, and ecology was used to examine diversity in the black fly simulium angulistylum takaoka & davies in thailand. cytological analysis revealed three cytoforms (a, b, and c) of s. angulistylum differentiated by fixed chromosome inversions. distributions of these cytoforms were associated with ecology. cytoforms a and b were found in low-altitude habitats (<600 m above sea level), whereas cytoform c occurred at high altitudes (>1000 m ... | 2012 | 22663346 |