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A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan

A new species of black fly, Prosimulium kazukii, is described based on female, male and pupal specimens collected from central Honshu, Japan. It is placed in the Prosimulium magnum species-group, and is characterized in the female and male by yellow thoraces, and in the pupa by the frons and dorsal...

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Main Authors: Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Saito, Katsumi, Adler, Peter H., Baba, Minoru
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Published: Magnolia Press 2018
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R Medicine
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/20558/
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.6
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spelling my.um.eprints.205582019-03-04T03:15:57Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20558/ A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan Takaoka, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsumi Adler, Peter H. Baba, Minoru R Medicine A new species of black fly, Prosimulium kazukii, is described based on female, male and pupal specimens collected from central Honshu, Japan. It is placed in the Prosimulium magnum species-group, and is characterized in the female and male by yellow thoraces, and in the pupa by the frons and dorsal surface of the thorax without distinct tubercles. By these characters, it is distinguished from all four related species (P. apoina Ono, P. kalibaense Ono, P. sarurense Ono, and P. yezoense Shiraki) of the same species-group in Japan. The female of this new species was previously known as an aberrant form of P. yezoense. Magnolia Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Saito, Katsumi and Adler, Peter H. and Baba, Minoru (2018) A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan. Zootaxa, 4524 (4). pp. 489-495. ISSN 1175-5326 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.6 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.6
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topic R Medicine
spellingShingle R Medicine
Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Saito, Katsumi
Adler, Peter H.
Baba, Minoru
A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
description A new species of black fly, Prosimulium kazukii, is described based on female, male and pupal specimens collected from central Honshu, Japan. It is placed in the Prosimulium magnum species-group, and is characterized in the female and male by yellow thoraces, and in the pupa by the frons and dorsal surface of the thorax without distinct tubercles. By these characters, it is distinguished from all four related species (P. apoina Ono, P. kalibaense Ono, P. sarurense Ono, and P. yezoense Shiraki) of the same species-group in Japan. The female of this new species was previously known as an aberrant form of P. yezoense.
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author Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Saito, Katsumi
Adler, Peter H.
Baba, Minoru
author_facet Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Saito, Katsumi
Adler, Peter H.
Baba, Minoru
author_sort Takaoka, Hiroyuki
title A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
title_short A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
title_full A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
title_fullStr A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
title_full_unstemmed A new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan
title_sort new species of black fly with a yellow thorax in the genus prosimulium (diptera: simuliidae) in japan
publisher Magnolia Press
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/20558/
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.6
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