*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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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.