Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012b : 408 Classification, annotated list and keys for the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Peninsular Malaysia Takaoka, Hiroyuki Ya’Cob, Zubaidah Sofian-Azirun, Mohd Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-12 4498 1 1 65 9HXYL Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012 Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut 2012 [192,1079,151,176] Insecta Simuliidae Simulium GBIF Animalia Diptera 59 60 Arthropoda species tiomanense Simulium     Simulium( Simulium) tiomanense  Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012b: 408–412 (Male, pupa and larva). This species was described from a pharate male, its associated pupal exuviae and a larva collected from Tioman Island ( Takaoka et al., 2012b). The female remains unknown. It is characterized in the male by the dichoptic head (in place of the usual holoptic head), which is divided by a very narrow frons, as well as the round enlarged facets (in place of the usual hexagonal facets), and in the pupa by the small pit-like organ and the gill filaments divergent at an angle of 90 degrees or slightly more.  The pupa and larvae were collected from a small lowland stream (width 0.5–2.0 m, water temperature 25̊C, shaded) moderately flowing in a forest, Tioman Island.