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7 April 2017 A New Human-Biting Black Fly Species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Thailand
Hiroyuki Takaoka, Wichai Srisuka, Atiporn Saeung
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Abstract

Simulium (Simulium) umphangense, a new human-biting species of black fly, is described based on females captured while attacking humans in western and central Thailand. The female of this new species is similar to those of S. (S.) indicum Becher, S. (S.) nigrogilvum Summers, and S. (S.) vanellum Huang et al. in the Simulium griseifrons species-group of the subgenus Simulium Latreille in having the frons densely covered with golden-yellow short hairs, a character rarely found in the subgenus Simulium. This new species is readily distinguished from the three related species by having a darkened fore tibia, a bare subcosta (or rarely with a few hairs), and an ovipositor valve not protruded posteriorly. Additional diagnostic characters of this new species are noted. This is the seventh human-biting species of black fly in Thailand.

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Hiroyuki Takaoka, Wichai Srisuka, and Atiporn Saeung "A New Human-Biting Black Fly Species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Thailand," Journal of Medical Entomology 54(4), 945-948, (7 April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx064
Received: 6 January 2017; Accepted: 15 February 2017; Published: 7 April 2017
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KEYWORDS
black fly
new species
Simuliidae
Simulium
Thailand
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