Volume 26, Issue 77, January - June, 2025

A new black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) with a mild black to yellow thorax, belong the subgenus Nevermannia Enderlein (1921), from Eastern Ghats, South India

Suruliyandi Vijayan^1♦, Sankarappan Anbalagan², Subramani Pandian³

¹Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Melur–625106, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Zoology, Sri Meenakshi Government Arts College for Women (Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Madurai– 625002, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju– 54874, Korea

^♦Corresponding Author
Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Melur–625106, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

Simulium (Nevermannia) kiliyurense sp. nov. is described based on female, pupa, and larva collecting from the Eastern continuous hills of Kollimalai, India. At present, the newly discovered species has been placed under Simulium ruficorne species group of the subgenus Nevermannia Enderlein. S. (N.) kiliyurense sp. nov. is characterized by a female antenna with nine flagellomeres, a pleural membrane bare, a Subcosta has medium brown hairs except for the apical 1/4 bare, male unknown, pupal cocoon sleeper-shaped and larval hypostoma with eight hypostomal bristles per side lying parallel to the lateral margin. It is similar to S. (N.) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911 from India.

Keywords: Black flies, Diptera, Nevermannia, New species, Eastern Ghats

Species, 2025, 26(77), e1s1757

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e1s1757

Published: 03 January 2025