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Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand

Simulium chayamaritae Takaoka & Srisuka from Thailand belongs to the Simulium darjeelingense species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae). The female of this species is described for the first time based on a female reared from a pupa collected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is char...

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Main Authors: Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Srisuka, Wichai, Saeung, Atiporn
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Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/20566/
http://msptm.org/files/Vol35No4/975-980-Takaoka-H.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.205662019-03-04T03:54:54Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20566/ Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand Takaoka, Hiroyuki Srisuka, Wichai Saeung, Atiporn R Medicine Simulium chayamaritae Takaoka & Srisuka from Thailand belongs to the Simulium darjeelingense species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae). The female of this species is described for the first time based on a female reared from a pupa collected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is characterized by the sensory vesicle elongate and the inner margins of the arms of the genital fork divergent, then convergent apically. It is similar to the female of S. eshimai Takaoka & Adler of the same species-group from Vietnam. Taxonomic notes are given to separate it from two other species of the S. darjeelingense species-group from India and Malaysia, and 28 of 31 other species of the subgenus Gomphostilbia recorded from Thailand. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2018 Article PeerReviewed Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Srisuka, Wichai and Saeung, Atiporn (2018) Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand. Tropical Biomedicine, 35 (4). pp. 975-980. ISSN 0127-5720 http://msptm.org/files/Vol35No4/975-980-Takaoka-H.pdf
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Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Saeung, Atiporn
Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
description Simulium chayamaritae Takaoka & Srisuka from Thailand belongs to the Simulium darjeelingense species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae). The female of this species is described for the first time based on a female reared from a pupa collected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is characterized by the sensory vesicle elongate and the inner margins of the arms of the genital fork divergent, then convergent apically. It is similar to the female of S. eshimai Takaoka & Adler of the same species-group from Vietnam. Taxonomic notes are given to separate it from two other species of the S. darjeelingense species-group from India and Malaysia, and 28 of 31 other species of the subgenus Gomphostilbia recorded from Thailand.
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author Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Saeung, Atiporn
author_facet Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Saeung, Atiporn
author_sort Takaoka, Hiroyuki
title Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
title_short Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
title_full Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
title_fullStr Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Description of the female of Simulium chayamaritae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand
title_sort description of the female of simulium chayamaritae (diptera: simuliidae) from thailand
publisher Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/20566/
http://msptm.org/files/Vol35No4/975-980-Takaoka-H.pdf
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