New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar

A faunistic survey of black flies in Shan State, central Myanmar, was carried out in 2013. A total of 16 species were collected, of which 13 species are newly recorded from Myanmar. Among 13 newly recorded species, S. (S.) chiangmaiense Takaoka & Suzuki varied in the number of pupal gill filamen...

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Main Authors: Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Srisuka, Wichai, Maleewong, Wanchai, Saeung, Atiporn
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.009
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spelling my.um.eprints.205652019-03-04T03:49:44Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20565/ New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar Takaoka, Hiroyuki Srisuka, Wichai Maleewong, Wanchai Saeung, Atiporn R Medicine A faunistic survey of black flies in Shan State, central Myanmar, was carried out in 2013. A total of 16 species were collected, of which 13 species are newly recorded from Myanmar. Among 13 newly recorded species, S. (S.) chiangmaiense Takaoka & Suzuki varied in the number of pupal gill filaments from eight to 10. This survey increases the number of species of black flies from Myanmar from 8 to 23. They are classified in five subgenera of the genus Simulium: one in Asiosimulium, seven in Gomphostilbia, one in Montisimulium, two in Nevermannia and 12 in Simulium. Elsevier 2018 Article PeerReviewed Takaoka, Hiroyuki and Srisuka, Wichai and Maleewong, Wanchai and Saeung, Atiporn (2018) New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar. Acta Tropica, 178. pp. 281-289. ISSN 0001-706X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.009 doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.009
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Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Maleewong, Wanchai
Saeung, Atiporn
New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
description A faunistic survey of black flies in Shan State, central Myanmar, was carried out in 2013. A total of 16 species were collected, of which 13 species are newly recorded from Myanmar. Among 13 newly recorded species, S. (S.) chiangmaiense Takaoka & Suzuki varied in the number of pupal gill filaments from eight to 10. This survey increases the number of species of black flies from Myanmar from 8 to 23. They are classified in five subgenera of the genus Simulium: one in Asiosimulium, seven in Gomphostilbia, one in Montisimulium, two in Nevermannia and 12 in Simulium.
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author Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Maleewong, Wanchai
Saeung, Atiporn
author_facet Takaoka, Hiroyuki
Srisuka, Wichai
Maleewong, Wanchai
Saeung, Atiporn
author_sort Takaoka, Hiroyuki
title New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
title_short New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
title_full New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
title_fullStr New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed New records of 13 species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Myanmar
title_sort new records of 13 species of black flies (diptera: simuliidae) from myanmar
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/20565/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.009
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