Simulium (Nevermannia) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911

Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Ya’Cob, Zubaidah, Chen, Chee Dhang, Lau, Koon Weng & Pham, Xuan Da, 2015, The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thua Thien Hue and Lam Dong Provinces, Vietnam, Zootaxa 3961 (1), pp. 1-96 : 58

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3961.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EFA2C0F4-35FC-47D3-91F9-5D8B5C68624D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6108819

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/190987B3-1336-7B37-5AF6-FB31F2B7F84B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Simulium (Nevermannia) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911
status

 

Simulium (Nevermannia) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911 View in CoL

Simulium aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911: 283 View in CoL –288 (Male).

Simulium (Nevermannia) aureohirtum View in CoL ; Ogata, 1956: 61–62; Ogata, 1966: 129; Crosskey, 1987: 459; Takaoka & Roberts, 1988: 194–195; Takaoka, 2003: 37–45 (Female, male, pupa and larva).

Simulium (Eusimulium) aureohirtum: Puri, 1933:1 View in CoL –7; Takaoka, 1979: 382–384 (Female, male, pupa and larva).

Specimens examined. Eight females, 14 males, two pupal exuviae, and 10 mature larvae, collected from a slowflowing main channel (width 2–4 m, depth 10–20 cm, water temperature 22.0˚C, exposed to the sun, altitude 1,443 m, 11˚59’25.511” N/108˚22’06.350” E), 21 km from Dalat, Suoi Vang, Lac Duong District, Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam, 25-IV-2014, by H. Takaoka, M. Sofian-Azirun, Z. Ya’cob, C.D. Chen & K.W. Lau.

Distribution. India, Bhutan, China, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. This species belongs to the S. ruficorne species-group, and is characterized by the unique female and male genitalia, pupal gill with six filaments and larval head capsule with bold head spots (Takaoka 2003). This is the only autogenous species in the Oriental Region, of which the female can develop the first batch of eggs without blood-meals ( Takaoka and Noda 1979). The pupae and larvae of this species appear to be highly adapted to relatively high water temperatures, slow flow and even somewhat muddy or contaminated waters, where most other simuliid species do not occur (Takaoka 2003). As noted previously ( Takaoka et al. 2014c), these capabilities, together with other factors, may explain why this species is widely distributed in the Oriental Region and extends into the Palearctic and Australasian Regions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Simuliidae

Genus

Simulium

Loc

Simulium (Nevermannia) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911

Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Ya’Cob, Zubaidah, Chen, Chee Dhang, Lau, Koon Weng & Pham, Xuan Da 2015
2015
Loc

Simulium (Eusimulium) aureohirtum:

Puri 1933: 1
1933
Loc

Simulium aureohirtum

Brunetti 1911: 283
1911
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