Review of Malaysian black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): note on new record on Simulium kalimantanense from Sabah

Takaoka Hiroyuki, . and Mahadimenakbar M. Dawood, . and Mohd Sofian-Azirun, . and Zubaidah Ya’cob, . and Jainih Leonardo, . Review of Malaysian black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): note on new record on Simulium kalimantanense from Sabah. pp. 11-18. ISSN 2550-1909

Black flies are the two-winged small-bodied (3mm to 6mm) and blood-sucking insects of medical and veterinary importance. Female of certain species play a role as a vector of several disease agents including Onchocerca volvulus causative agent of human onchocerciasis. Despite their medical significance the biodiversity of black flies in the Borneo part of Malaysia as well as other Southeast Asian countries (except Thailand Vietnam and Indonesia) are unknown. Our recent visit to the Kangkawat Reserve within the Imbak Canyon Conservation Area (ICCA) has successfully discovered one new record from Malaysia Simulium kalimantanense of the S. banauense species-group and one from Sabah Simulium sarawakense of the S. epistum species-group. Based on these current findings the total number of species and species-group of black flies inhabiting Malaysia has increased to 96 and 22 respectively.

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Abstract

Black flies are the two-winged small-bodied (3mm to 6mm) and blood-sucking insects of medical and veterinary importance. Female of certain species play a role as a vector of several disease agents including Onchocerca volvulus causative agent of human onchocerciasis. Despite their medical significance the biodiversity of black flies in the Borneo part of Malaysia as well as other Southeast Asian countries (except Thailand Vietnam and Indonesia) are unknown. Our recent visit to the Kangkawat Reserve within the Imbak Canyon Conservation Area (ICCA) has successfully discovered one new record from Malaysia Simulium kalimantanense of the S. banauense species-group and one from Sabah Simulium sarawakense of the S. epistum species-group. Based on these current findings the total number of species and species-group of black flies inhabiting Malaysia has increased to 96 and 22 respectively.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Blackflies
AGROVOC Term:	Diptera
AGROVOC Term:	Simuliidae
AGROVOC Term:	Biodiversity
AGROVOC Term:	Sampling
AGROVOC Term:	Streams
AGROVOC Term:	Aquatic environment
AGROVOC Term:	Larvae
AGROVOC Term:	Pupae
AGROVOC Term:	Species diversity
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9554

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