1.Description of male, pupa and larva of Simulium (Asiosimulium) wanchaii (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand, with keys to identify four species of the subgenus Asiosimulium
Srisuka, W. Takaoka, H., Saeung, A.
Tropical Biomedicine 2015;32(3):504-510
The male, pupa and mature larva of Simulium (Asiosimulium) wanchaii Takaoka
& Choochote, one of the four species of the small Oriental black fly subgenus Asiosimulium,
are described for the first time based on samples collected from Thailand. The male S. (A.)
wanchaii is characterized based on the enlarged hind basitarsus and the ventral plate which
is much wider than long. The pupa and larva are characterized by the gill with 19 filaments
and the deep postgenal cleft, respectively. Keys are provided to identify all the four species
of the subgenus Asiosimulium for females, males, pupae and mature larvae.
2.Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
Takaoka, H. ; Srisuka, W. ; Saeung, A.
Tropical Biomedicine 2018;35(4):975-980
Simulium chayamaritae Takaoka & Srisuka from Thailand belongs to the
Simulium darjeelingense species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae).
The female of this species is described for the first time based on a female reared from a
pupa collected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is characterized by the sensory vesicle
elongate and the inner margins of the arms of the genital fork divergent, then convergent
apically. It is similar to the female of S. eshimai Takaoka & Adler of the same speciesgroup
from Vietnam. Taxonomic notes are given to separate it from two other species of
the S. darjeelingense species-group from India and Malaysia, and 28 of 31 other species of
the subgenus Gomphostilbia recorded from Thailand.