Simulium, Latreille, 1802

Kim, Sam-Kyu, 2020, A new record of the subgenus Eusimulium Roubaud from Korea with an updated key to genera and subgenera of Korean black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae), Journal of Species Research 9 (2), pp. 174-179 : 175

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2020.9.2.174

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/364287EE-FFCC-FFA6-FF28-2B3DFA66D53A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Simulium
status

 

Key to genera and subgenera of Simulium View in CoL of Korean black flies

Pupa

1. Cocoon shoe, slipper or boot shaped ························· 3 Cocoon lacking definite shape (amorphous)·············· 2

2. Gill of 16 filaments in 3 short main trunk···················· ·································································· Prosimulium Gill of 16 filaments in 3 distinctly long and thick main trunk ································································ Twinnia

3. Gill of about 150-200 filaments arising from 3 main trunks······························································ Helodon Gill of less than 16 filaments ······· (Genus Simulium ) 4

4. Gill of 4 filaments ······················································ 5 Gill of 6 or more filaments········································· 7

5. Dorsalmost filament strongly divergent from other filaments, angle between them more than 90°················· ··································································· Eusimulium Dorsalmost filament not strongly divergent from other filaments, angle between them much less than 90°···· 6

6. Gill filaments longer than pupal body length. Gill filaments close together, the angle between dorsalmost filament and ventralmost filament about 45° ··············· ······················································· Nevermannia (part) Gill filaments shorter than pupal body length. Gill filaments separated, the angle between dorsalmost filament and ventralmost filament about 80° ···················· ······························································ Boreosimulium

7. Gill with ventralmost trunk distinctly longer than oth- er trunk ·········································· Nevermannia (part) Gill with all trunks subequal to equal in length ········· 8

8. Head with frontal trichomes 3 pairs····· Gomphostilbia Head with frontal trichomes 2 pairs··························· 9

9. Gill filament broad, thin-walled, ventralmost trunk distinctly longer than other trunk················· Wilhelmia Gill filament slender, thick-walled, all trunks subequal to equal in length··········································· Simulium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Simuliidae

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