Simulium (Gomphostilbia) asakoae Takaoka & Davies 1995
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2. Simulium (Gomphostilbia) asakoae Takaoka & Davies, 1995
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) asakoae Takaoka & Davies, 1995: 55 –60 (Female, male, pupa and larva); Takaoka et al., 2017a: 15–23 (Female, male, pupa and larva).
This species is characterized in the male by the bright vermilion upper-eye large facets, and in the pupa by abdominal segments 1 and 2 each darkened and tuberculate on the dorsal surface.
The pupae and larvae of this species mainly breed in small streams at medium to high elevations (500–1,813 m) in Cameron Highlands (Ya’cob et al., 2016b).
It was recorded from Thailand (Takaoka and Saito, 1999), Hong Kong (Takaoka et al., 1995), Myanmar (Takaoka et al., 2017c) and Vietnam (Takaoka et al., 2014c).
This species was reported to be a vector of unknown filarial species in Thailand (Fukuda et al., 2003; Ishii et al., 2008). However, a reconfirmation of the vector species is needed because there are several member species of the S. asakoae species-group, of which females are morphologically similar to one another (Takaoka et al., 2013a).
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- Scientific name authorship
- Takaoka & Davies
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Diptera
- Family
- Simuliidae
- Genus
- Simulium
- Species
- asakoae
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- species
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- Simulium (Gomphostilbia) asakoae Takaoka, 1995 sec. Takaoka, Ya'Cob & Sofian-Azirun, 2018
References
- Takaoka, H., Srisuka, W., Low, V. L. & Saeung, A. (2017 c) Two new species of the Simulium asakoae species-group of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar and their phylogenetic relationships within the S. asakoae species-group. Acta Tropica, 176, 39 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. actatropica. 2017.07.024
- Takaoka, H., Sofian-Azirun, M., Ya'cob, Z., Chen, C. D., Lau, K. W. & Pham, H. T. (2014 c) New species and records of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 3838 (3), 347 - 366. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3838.3.6
- Fukuda, M., Choochote, W., Bain, O., Aoki, C. & Takaoka, H. (2003) Natural infections with filarial larvae in two species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in northern Thailand. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 31 (2), 99 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.2149 / tmh 1973.31.99
- Ishii, Y., Choochote, W., Bain, O., Fukuda, M., Otsuka, Y. & Takaoka, H. (2008) Seasonal and daily biting activities and zoonotic filarial infections of two Simulium species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Northern Thailand, Parasite, 15, 121 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 2008152121
- Takaoka, H., Sofian-Azirun, M. & Hashim, R. (2013 a) Description of a new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Cameron's Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia, with keys to 18 species of the Simulium asakoae speciesgroup. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50, 1179 - 1189. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / ME 13036