Simulium (Simulium) tiomanense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012

Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Ya’Cob, Zubaidah & Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, 2018, Classification, annotated list and keys for the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 4498 (1), pp. 1-65 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4498.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:334E786F-2793-4F10-909C-4ABBDA4075ED
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980548
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03951057-FFF2-CA52-FF3D-109DFCFCFE07
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Simulium (Simulium) tiomanense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012
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59. Simulium (Simulium) tiomanense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012 View in CoL

Simulium (Simulium) tiomanense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun & Belabut, 2012b: 408 View in CoL –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.