Journal of Entomological Research

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  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 2

Redescription of Simulium palniense Puri, 1933 (Diptera: Simulidae) from the Palni hills of South India

  • Author:
  • S. Anbalagan, S. Dinakaran, M. Krishnan
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 171 to 174

Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.

*Corresponding author's E-mail: anbumdu@gmail.com; profmkrish@yahoo.com.

**Centre for Research in Aquatic Entomology, The Madura College, Madurai - 625016, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: dinkarji@gmail.com.

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Abstract

Simulium palniense Puri, 1933 (type locality: Fairy Falls, Kodaikanal, Palni Hills) is redescribed from the adult male and female and pupa. The larva is described for the first time.