2020•Medical Entomology and ZoologyOpen access

Three new black fly species of the genus Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Nepal

Hiroyuki Takaoka, Suchitra Shrestha, Naresh Dangi

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Three new species of black flies of the genus Simulium Latreille are described from Nepal: Simulium purandharaense sp. nov. in the S. batoense species-group in the subgenus Gomphostilbia Enderlein, S. nivritiae sp. nov. in the S. feuerborni species-group in the subgenus Nevermannia Enderlein, and S. phidimense sp. nov. in the S. malyschevi species-group in the subgenus Simulium Latreille s. str. The female, male and pupa of S. praelargum Datta in the S. feuerborni species-group are redescribed.

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Key concepts: Subgenus, Simulium, Black fly, Biology, Pupa, Zoology, Genus, Ecology