Simulium ledangense, a new species of the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Nevermannia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mount Ledang, Peninsular Malaysia

Zubaidah Ya'cob; Hiroyuki Takaoka; Mohd Sofian-Azirun

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.2

Simulium ledangense, a new species of the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Nevermannia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mount Ledang, Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa. 2014 Nov 5;3881(3):228-36. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.2.

Authors

Zubaidah Ya'cob¹, Hiroyuki Takaoka², Mohd Sofian-Azirun²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia; Email: xuehy_perdana@yahoo.com.
² Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia; Email: unknown.

PMID: 25543632
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.2

Abstract

Simulium (Nevermannia) ledangense sp. nov. is described from females, males, pupae and mature larvae from Peninsular Malaysia. This new species is assigned to the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Nevermannia, and is characterized by the pupa having a very long stalk of the ventral paired gill filaments, which is almost five times longer than the interspiracular trunk and female tergites of segments 2 and 5 to 7 shiny. Taxonomic notes are given to distinguish this new species from three known species of the S. feuerborni species-group from Malaysia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Diptera / anatomy & histology*
Diptera / classification*
Female
Larva / anatomy & histology
Larva / classification
Malaysia
Male
Pupa / anatomy & histology
Pupa / classification
Species Specificity