TWO NEW SPECIES OF SIMULIUM (NEVERMANNIA) (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) FROM NORTHERN THAILAND

ABSTRACT

Two new species of black flies, <I>Simulium</I> (<I>Nevermannia</I>) <I>fruticosum</I> sp. nov. and <I>S</I>. (<I>N</I>.) <I>chiangklangense</I> sp. nov. are described on the basis of samples collected in northern Thailand. These new species are assigned to the <I>feuerborni</I> species-group of the subgenus <I>Simulium</I> (<I>Nevermannia</I>), and are easily distinguished from <I>S</I>. (<I>N</I>.) <I>feuerborni</I> Edwards, the only species of the same group known thus far in Thailand, by their simple cocoon without any anterodorsal projection.