Chaliow KuvangkadilokChainarong BoonkemtongSuwannee PhayuhasenaMahidol UniversityThailand National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology2018-09-072018-09-071999-06-01Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.30, No.2 (1999), 328-337012515622-s2.0-0033140074https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/25643The larvae of seventeen Simulium species consisting of thirteen known species, three unnamed species and one new species were distributed in various localities with different habitats at 400 - 2,460 meters above sea level in Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Simulium caudisclerum, S. sp G and S. sp H were restricted to the high altitude of 2,460 m at the cool Ang Kha habitat of the summit of Doi Inthanon. On the other hand, 5. nakhonense and S. rudnicki occurred only at low altitudes from 400 m - 700 m. Some Simulium species such as S. fenestratum, S. asakoae, S. inthanonense and S. sp J were found in the warmer localities at 1,010 m - 1,280 m altitudes. Moreover, S. feuerborni and S. rufibasis were widely distributed species at different altitudes from 700 m - 2,460 m and 1,010 m - 2,300 m respectively. Therefore, the distribution and abundance of Simulium species seem to correlate with altitudes as well as micro-habitat factors such as water temperature and water velocity.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS