Description of the female of Simulium (Wallacellum) tuyense Takaoka (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Philippines
https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.39.3.016
- 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):451-454
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Simulium (Wallacellum) tuyense Takaoka, one of the 14 Philippine species in the subgenus Wallacellum
Takaoka, is a rare species in having the pupal antennal sheath with a row of stout spines on the apex of
each protuberance corresponding to flagellomeres 2–9. The female of this species is described for the
first time based on specimens from Mindoro, the Philippines. It is characterized by an elongate sensory
vesicle, triangular ovipositor valve, genital fork with two projections, and paraproct not produced
anteriorly. This species is morphologically indistinguishable in the female, as in the male and pupa,
from S. (W.) yonakuniense Takaoka from Yonakuni Island, Japan and Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Taxonomic
notes on the female of this species relevant to those of related species are provided. Collection data
to validate earlier distribution records of S. (W.) tuyense and S. (W.) suyoense Takaoka from Mindanao
are presented.
- Full text:8.2022my1361.pdf
