Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
West Ayala Condominium, 252 Sen. Gill Punyat Avenue, Makati, Metro Manila, 1,200 Philippines.
Trop Biomed. 2022 Sep 1;39(3):332-337. doi: 10.47665/tb.39.3.005.
The males of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) miblosi Takaoka in the S. epistum species-group, and S. (G.) apoense Takaoka in the S. ceylonicum species-group, both from Mindanao, the Philippines, are described for the first time. The male of S. (G.) miblosi is characterized by the hind tibia yellowish white on the basal three-fifths, elongate calcipala 1.5 times as long as its basal width, and ventral plate triangular ventrally (0.74 times as high as its greatest width) when viewed caudally. Tubercles on the frons and trichomes on the head and thorax of the pupa of this species are illustrated for the first time. The male of S. (G.) apoense is characterized by the small sensory vesicle 0.16-0.19 times as long as the third palpal segment, and enlarged hind basitarsus 1.0 and 1.2-1.3 times as wide as the hind tibia and femur, respectively. Taxonomic notes of these two species relevant to related species in each species-group are given.
首次描述了来自菲律宾棉兰老岛的 Simulium (Gomphostilbia) miblosi Takaoka 属（S. epistum 种团）和 S. (G.) apoense Takaoka 属（S. ceylonicum 种团）的雄虫。S. (G.) miblosi 雄虫的特征为后跗节基节的前三分之二为黄白色，长的距腓距为其基部宽度的 1.5 倍，从尾端观察时，腹瓣为三角形（高为最宽处的 0.74 倍）。本文首次描述了该种额上的小瘤和头部及胸部的刚毛。S. (G.) apoense 雄虫的特征为小感器泡长为第 3 跗节的 0.16-0.19 倍，后基跗节分别比后跗节和后胫节宽 1.0 倍和 1.2-1.3 倍。本文还给出了这两个种与每个种团中相关种的分类学注释。
