Dimorphic male scutal patterns and uppereye facets of Simulium mirum n. sp. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hiroyuki Takaoka, Van, Lun Low, Mohd Sofian-Azirun, Yasushi Otsuka, Zubaidah Ya’cob, Chee, Dhang Chen, Koon, Weng Lau, Maria Lourdes T Lardizabal
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Subjects: QL461-599.82 Insects
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34038/1/Dimorphic%20male%20scutal%20patterns%20and%20uppereye%20.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34038/2/Dimorphic%20male%20scutal%20patterns%20and%20uppereye%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34038/; https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1393-9; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1393-9

Background: A species of Simulium in the Simulium melanopus species-group of the subgenus Simulium (formerly misidentified as S. laterale Edwards from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia) is suspected to have dimorphic male scutal color patterns linked with different numbers of upper-eye facets. This study...