Eleven new species and one new record of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Bhutan (original) (raw)

Abstract

Eleven new species and one new record of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) are described on the basis of reared adult, pupal and/or larval specimens collected from Bhutan. They are assigned to four subgenera within the genus Simulium: Gomphostilbia (two new species), Montisimulium (two new species and one new record), Nevermannia (three new species of which one belongs to the feuerborni species-group and two to the vernum species-group), and Simulium (four new species of which two belong to the multistriatum species-group and two to the tuberosum speciesgroup). This study has increased the total number of simuliid species recorded from Bhutan from six to 18.