Boreosimulium Rubtsov & Yankovsky

Kim, Sam-Kyu, 2020, Unrecorded subgenus of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (1), pp. 19-25 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2020.9.1.019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8140358
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D48785-3006-4627-FF4E-D8A2D8359C5A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Boreosimulium Rubtsov & Yankovsky
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Subgenus Boreosimulium Rubtsov & Yankovsky

Boreosimulium Rubtsov & Yankovsky 1982: 183-184 (as genus).

Type species: Melusina annulus Lundstrom 1911: 17-18 , by original designation.

Diagnosis (Modified from Adler et al., 2004).

Adults: Radius with hair dorsobasally, scutum typically unpatterned. Female: claws each with basal thumblike lobe. Cibarium with or without oblique rows of denticles. Spermatheca unpigmented proximally, wall with polygonal pattern. Male: Gonostylus slender, tapered to pointed apex, with 1 apical spinule. Ventral plate with median keel typically weak or well developed. Paramere with 0, 1 or multiple apical spines.

Pupa: Gill with 4 filaments. Cocoon slipper shaped.

Larva: Antenna with 3 or more hyaline bands or spots. Abdominal segments IX with or without prominent ventral tubercles. Abdominal setae unbranched, translucent, sparse. Rectal papillae of 3 compound lobes.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Simuliidae
Genus	Boreosimulium