| 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 |
| 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 |