Description of the males of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) miblosi Takaoka and S. (G.) apoense Takaoka (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mindanao, the Philippines
https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.39.3.005
- Author:
Takaoka, H.
1
;
Tenedero, V.F.
2
Author Information
1. Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. West Ayala Condominium, 252 Sen. Gill Punyat Avenue, Makati, Metro Manila, 1,200 Philippines
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
black fly;
taxonomy;
biting insects.
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2022;39(No.3):332-337
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The males of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) miblosi Takaoka in the S. epistum species-group, and S. (G.)
apoense Takaoka in the S. ceylonicum species-group, both from Mindanao, the Philippines, are described
for the first time. The male of S. (G.) miblosi is characterized by the hind tibia yellowish white on the basal
three-fifths, elongate calcipala 1.5 times as long as its basal width, and ventral plate triangular ventrally
(0.74 times as high as its greatest width) when viewed caudally. Tubercles on the frons and trichomes
on the head and thorax of the pupa of this species are illustrated for the first time. The male of S. (G.)
apoense is characterized by the small sensory vesicle 0.16–0.19 times as long as the third palpal segment,
and enlarged hind basitarsus 1.0 and 1.2–1.3 times as wide as the hind tibia and femur, respectively.
Taxonomic notes of these two species relevant to related species in each species-group are given.
- Full text:8.2022my1350.pdf
