title: Notes on black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from North-East India: new records of five species from Arunachal Pradesh and taxonomic reviews of two species from Assam.
abstract: In recent surveys of black flies in Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India, five species   are newly recorded from Arunachal Pradesh: Simulium (Montisimulium) nemorivagum   Datta, 1973, Simulium (Gomphostilbia) darjeelingense Datta, 1973, Simulium   (Gomphostilbia) decuplum Takaoka & Davies, 1995, Simulium (Simulium) barnesi Takaoka   & Suzuki, 1984 and Simulium (Simulium) pradyai Takaoka & Somboon, 2008, of which the   latter three species also represent new records from India. Taxonomic reviews of two species   of black flies reported from Assam show that Simulium (Gomphostilbia) unum Datta, 1975   is a junior synonym of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) darjeelingense, and the larva of Simulium   (Gomphostilbia) sp. nr. varicorne Edwards is identifiable as Simulium (Gomphostilbia)   parahiyangum Takaoka & Sigit, 1992.
authors.affiliation: Defence Research Laboratory, Defence R. & D Organization, Post Bag No-2, Tezpur, Assam, 784001 India.
authors.forename: Subhalaxmi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borah
authors.forename: Imtiaz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Sewali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.forename: Manab
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*