A male black fly of Simulium (Simulium) iwatense (Shiraki) (Diptera: Simuliidae with genitalia-like appendages on abdominal segment 8
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2021
Abstract
A rare non-sex mosaic abnormality represented by genitalia-like appendages on the ventral surface of abdominal segment 8 of a male black fly collected in Hokkaido, Japan, is reported. The appendages consist of a pair of style-like projections each arising from a coxite-like base, inverted-Y shaped ventral plate-like structure, and isolated round structure. This male was morphologically and molecularly identified as an abnormal form of S. (S.) iwatense (Shiraki), the only species in the Simulium (Simulium) ornatum species-group in Japan, although certain morphological characteristics of this male including the reduced number of upper-eye (large) facets and elongate cerci are different from those of S. (S.) iwatense.
Keywords
Black fly, Taxonomy, Simuliidae, Biodiversity
Divisions
tidrec
Funders
Ministry of Education, Malaysia, under the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) niche area vector and vector-borne diseases[MO002-2019]
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
38
Issue
2
Publisher
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Publisher Location
21-5-2, BLOCK, E, DIAMOND SQUARE, JALAN 3-50, OFF JALAN GOMBAK, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA