Notes on black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from North-East India: New records of five species from Arunachal Pradesh and taxonomic reviews of two species from Assam
- Author:
Subhalaxmi Borah
;
Imtiaz Rahman
;
Sewali Goswami
;
Manab Deka
;
Hiroyuki Takaoka
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2012;29(1):92-97
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Abstract. In recent surveys of black flies in Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India, five species
are newly recorded from Arunachal Pradesh: Simulium (Montisimulium) nemorivagum
Datta, 1973, Simulium (Gomphostilbia) darjeelingense Datta, 1973, Simulium
(Gomphostilbia) decuplum Takaoka & Davies, 1995, Simulium (Simulium) barnesi Takaoka
& Suzuki, 1984 and Simulium (Simulium) pradyai Takaoka & Somboon, 2008, of which the
latter three species also represent new records from India. Taxonomic reviews of two species
of black flies reported from Assam show that Simulium (Gomphostilbia) unum Datta, 1975
is a junior synonym of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) darjeelingense, and the larva of Simulium
(Gomphostilbia) sp. nr. varicorne Edwards is identifiable as Simulium (Gomphostilbia)
parahiyangum Takaoka & Sigit, 1992.
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