60. Simulium (Simulium) jasmoni Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012

Simulium (Simulium) jasmoni Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012b: 404 –408 (Female, male, pupa and larva).

This species was described from females, males, pupae and larvae collected from Tioman Island (Takaoka et al., 2012b). It is characterized in the female by the claw with a minute subbasal projection, and in the pupa by the gill filaments divergent at an angle of 90 degrees or slightly more.

The pupae and larvae were collected from a small lowland stream (width 0.2–0.3 m, water temperature 25̊C, shaded) slowly flowing in a forest, Tioman Island.