A new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera, Simuliidae) from Thailand, with a key to identify females of 14 species of the Simulium varicorne species-group
| Autor: | Wichai Srisuka, Kittipat Aupalee, Yasushi Otsuka, Masako Fukuda, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Atiporn Saeung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Insecta
blackflies Arthropoda Simuliini Magnoliopsida taxonomy Simuliinae Animalia Simuliidae Plantae Saxifragales Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics biodiversity Diptera Saxifragaceae Saxifraga Simulium varicorne Biota Tracheophyta QL1-991 Aquatic insects sweeping net Simulium Animal Science and Zoology Gomphostilbia Zoology |
| Zdroj: | ZooKeys, Vol 1083, Iss, Pp 1-12 (2022) ZooKeys 1083: 1-12 |
| ISSN: | 1313-2970 |
| Popis: | Simulium (Gomphostilbia) khelangensesp. nov. is described on the basis of females, collected by a sweeping net in Lampang, Phitsanulok and Chiang Mai Provinces, Thailand. This new species is placed in the S. chumpornense subgroup of the S. varicorne species-group in the subgenus Gomphostilbia Enderlein by having the antenna with eight flagellomeres, pleural membrane bare, and female subcosta lacking hairs. It is similar to S. kuvangkadilokae Pramual & Tangkawanit from Thailand in the same subgroup but is barely distinguished from the latter species by the head width relative to the greatest width of the frons and length of the labrum relative to the clypeus. A genetic analysis using the COI gene sequences similarly shows that S. khelangensesp. nov. is most closely related to S. kuvangkadilokae, with a genetic distance of 1.23–2.81%. A revised key to identify females of 14 species of the S. varicorne species-group is provided. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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