Studies on black flies of the Nansei Islands, Japan (Simuliidae; Diptera) : III. On six species of the subgenus Simulium Latreille

Abstract

In the present third part of a series, of a total of 18 species of black flies so far recognized in the Nansei Islands, Japan, the following 6 species assigned to the subgenus Simulium Latreille s. str. are taxonomically studied, and the descriptive notes on all stages of them are also presented : Simulium (Simulium) arakawae Matsumura (new record), S. (S.) sakishimaense sp. nov., S. (S.) japonicum Matsumura, S. (S.) quinquestriatum (Shiraki) (new record), S. (S.) suzukii Rubzov and S. (S.) rufibasis Brunetti (new record). Of these, the new specific name S. (S.) sakishimaense is proposed for the species previously known under the name S. (S.) fenestratum, and another one, S. (S.) suzukii in place of S. (S.) ryukyuense and S. (S.) tuberosum as synonyms.