A new black fly species of Simulium (Nevermannia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Vietnam

• Main Authors: Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Low, Van Lun, Tan, Tiong Kai, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Chen, Chee Dhang, Lau, Koon Weng, Pham, Xuan Da
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19986/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.11.025

Simulium pumatense sp. nov. is described from Vietnam, and is placed in the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Simulium (Nevermannia) Enderlein. Its morphological characteristics include the relatively smaller numbers of the following three numerical features: inner teeth of the femal...