Simulium (Gomphostilbia) tanahrataense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun

Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Ya’Cob, Zubaidah & Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, 2018, Classification, annotated list and keys for the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 4498 (1), pp. 1-65 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4498.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980444
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03951057-FFC2-CA62-FF3D-16CDFA9BF80F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Simulium (Gomphostilbia) tanahrataense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun
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9. Simulium (Gomphostilbia) tanahrataense Takaoka, Sofian-Azirun View in CoL & Ya’cob, 2014

Simulium (Gomphostilbia) tanahrataense: Takaoka et al., 2014f: 61 View in CoL –63 (Male and pupa).

This species was described from two males reared from pupae ( Takaoka et al., 2014f). Its female and larva are unknown. The male of S. (G.) tanahrataense View in CoL is similar to those of S. (G.) sofiani View in CoL and S. (G.) lurauense View in CoL in having a similar number of enlarged upper-eye facets, a dark scutum without longitudinal vittae and a similar shape of the ventral plate, but is clearly distinguished from the latter two species by the bicolored, much widened hind basitarsus.

The pupae were collected from a small stream at high elevation (1,470 m) in Cameron Highlands.