Studies on black flies of the Nansei Islands, Japan (Simuliidae; Diptera) : II. On six species of the subgenera, Gomphostilbia Enderlein, Morops Enderlein, Odagmia Enderlein and Gnus Rubzov, with the description of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) okinawense sp. nov.

Abstract

In this second paper, of the 18 species of black flies so far recognized in the Nansei Islands, the following 6 species belonging to 4 subgenera are treated : Simulium (Gomphostilbia) okinawense sp. nov., S. (G.) tokarense Takaoka, S. (G.) batoense Edwards, S. (Morops) yonakuniense Takaoka, S. (Odagmia) aokii (Takahasi) (new record) and S. (Gnus) bidentatum (Shiraki) (new record).