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Hiroyuki Takaoka, Mohd Sofian-Azirun, Zubaidah Ya’cob, Chee Dhang Chen, Van Lun Low, Adnan Zaid, Simulium ( Gomphostilbia ) merapiense sp. nov. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Java, Indonesia , Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 76–82, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv154
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Abstract
Simulium ( Gomphostilbia ) merapiense sp. nov. is described based on females, males, pupae, and mature larvae from Yagyakarta, Java, Indonesia. This new species is placed in the Simulium epistum species-group, and is characterized by the pupal gill with eight short filaments all arising at the same level from a short stalk, somewhat enlarged basal fenestra, entirely bare pupal head and thoracic integument, and small and short larval postgenal cleft. These characters rarely are found in the subgenus. Taxonomic notes are given to separate this new species from related species of the S. epistum species-group.