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| Simulium (Inseliellum) littopyga, Simulium (Inseliellum) littosocius, Simulium (Inseliellum) littosodalis
Craig & Evenhuis, 2017
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Abstract
Aspects of the body of work on the Central and Western Pacific black fly Simulium (Inseliellum) are briefly reviewed. Female adults collected from beaches in Tahiti and Raiatea are described as Simulium (Inseliellum) littopyga n. sp., Simulium (Inseliellum) littosocius n. sp. and Simulium (Inseliellum) littosodalis n. sp.. Immature stages of the three species are not associated.
Keywords: Diptera, Simuliidae, Simulium, Inseliellum, Society Islands, new species
Simulium (Inseliellum) littopyga Craig & Evenhuis, n. sp.
Etymology. In reference to inhabiting beaches; deriving from litto [= “beach”] + pyga [= “rump”]; hence a “beach bum” of sorts. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.
Distribution. Known only from Tahiti.
Simulium (Inseliellum) littosocius Craig & Evenhuis, n. sp.
Etymology. In reference to the association with beaches; deriving from litto [= "beach"] + socius [= “companion”]; hence a second “beach bum” of sorts. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.
Distribution. Known from Tahiti and Raiatea.
Simulium (Inseliellum) littosodalis Craig & Evenhuis, n. sp.
Etymology. In reference to occurring with other beach simuliids; deriving from litto [= “beach”] + sodalis [= “comrade”, “crony”]; hence a third “beach bum” of sorts. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.
Distribution. Known only from Tahiti.
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| FIGURE 42. Type locality of Simulium littosodalis. Tahiti Nui, North Road, PK 42.7. 17 July 2006.
Image N. Evenhuis.
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Douglas A. Craig and Neal L. Evenhuis. 2017. Society Islands Beach Bum Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa. 4311(3); 373–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.3
