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12 March 2018 A New Species of the Simulium (Simulium) argentipes Species-Group (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Taiwan, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships With Four Related Species
Hiroyuki Takaoka, Van Lun Low, Tiong Kai Tan, Yae-Te Huang, Masako Fukuda, Zubaidah Ya’cob
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Abstract

A new black fly species, Simulium haiduanenseTakaoka, Low & Huang (Diptera: Simuliidae), is described on the basis of females, males, pupae, and mature larvae from Taiwan. This new species is placed in the Simulium argentipes species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) and is characterized by the yellowish female legs, ovipositor valves rounded apically and with its inner margin concave, claw with a small subbasal tooth, male style without a basal protuberance, pupal gill with eight filaments, corbicular cocoon, and larval abdomen lacking paired protuberances. It represents the first record of the S. argentipes species-group from Taiwan. Taxonomic notes are given to separate this new species from all eight species in the same species-group.The phylogenetic relationships of this new species with four related species are presented.

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Hiroyuki Takaoka, Van Lun Low, Tiong Kai Tan, Yae-Te Huang, Masako Fukuda, and Zubaidah Ya’cob "A New Species of the Simulium (Simulium) argentipes Species-Group (Diptera: Simuliidae) From Taiwan, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships With Four Related Species," Journal of Medical Entomology 55(4), 884-892, (12 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy028
Received: 5 December 2017; Accepted: 15 January 2018; Published: 12 March 2018
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aquatic insect
black fly
fauna
taxonomy
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