%0 Journal Article
%T Dimorphic male scutal patterns and upper-eye facets of Simulium mirum n. sp. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Malaysia
%A Chee Dhang Chen
%A Hiroyuki Takaoka
%A Koon Weng Lau
%A Maria Lourdes Lardizabal
%A Mohd Sofian-Azirun
%A Van Lun Low
%A Yasushi Otsuka
%A Zubaidah Ya¡¯cob
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1393-9
%X A species of Simulium in the Simulium melanopus species-group of the subgenus Simulium (formerly misidentified as S. laterale Edwards from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia) is suspected to have dimorphic male scutal color patterns linked with different numbers of upper-eye facets. This study aimed to confirm whether or not these two forms of adult males represent a single species
%K Simulium
%K New species
%K Male dimorphism
%K Sabah
%K Sarawak
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784304/