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Simulium (Simulium) vietnamense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Chen 2014

Description

Simulium (Simulium) vietnamense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Chen, 2014

Simulium (Simulium) vietnamense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Chen (in Takaoka et al., 2014b): 743–746 (Female).

Distribution. Vietnam (Vinh Phuc).

Remarks. This species was described from two females collected while flying around a human in Tam Dao National Parks, Vinh Phuc Province (Takaoka et al. 2014b). The male, pupa and larva of this species are unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Ya'Cob, Zubaidah, Chen, Chee Dhang, Lau, Koon Weng, Low, Van Lun, Pham, Xuan Da & Adler, Peter H., 2017, The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Vietnam, pp. 1-165 in Zootaxa 4261 (1) on page 101, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.571608

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References

  • Takaoka, H., Sofian-Azirun, M., Ya'cob, Z., Chen, C. D., Lau, K. W. & Pham, H. T. (2014 b) Female black flies of Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) collected on humans in Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam: Description of a new species and notes on four species newly recorded from Vietnam. Tropical Biomedicne, 31 (4), 742 - 748.