Austrosimulium (subgenus)

Austrosimulium is a subgenus of Austrosimulium, a genus of Simuliidae (black flies). The flies in this subgenre are found mainly in New Zealand, with a few in Australia.[1] They are the only Simuliidae found in New Zealand.[2]

Austrosimulium
A. australense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Simuliidae
Subfamily:
Simuliinae
Tribe:
Simuliini
Genus:
Austrosimulium
Subgenus:
Austrosimulium

Tonnoir, 1925
Species

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In New Zealand, where they are known as sandflies, the females of three species – A. australense, A. tillyardianum and A. ungulatum – bite humans;[3][4] the males do not.[2] A. australense is found in the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and some offshore islands; it is the sandfly that is encountered most commonly in the North Island and the main one that bites humans there.[5] A. tillyardianum is found in the North Island and the South Island.[6] A. ungulatum is found in the South Island and Stewart Island, and is well-known for biting humans.[7]

Species
    • A. albovelatum Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. alveolatum Dumbleton, 1973[2]
    • A. australense (Schiner, 1868)
    • A. bicorne Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. campbellense Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. cornutum Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. crassipes Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. dugdalei Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[2]
    • A. dumbletoni Crosby, 1976
    • A. extendorum Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[2]
    • A. fiordense Dumbleton, 1973[2]
    • A. fulvicorne Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950
    • A. laticorne Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. longicorne Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. mirabile Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948
    • A. montanum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1952
    • A. multicorne Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. stewartense Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. tillyardianum Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. tonnoiri Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[2]
    • A. ungulatum Tonnoir, 1925
    • A. unicorne Dumbleton, 1973
    • A. vailavoense Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[2]
    • A. vexans (Mik, 1881)

References
  1. Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory". p. 109.
  2. Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. (2012). Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (68)
  3. Early, John (2009). Know your New Zealand ... native insects & spiders. New Holland. p. 120. ISBN 9781869662530.
  4. Walrond, Carl (24 September 2007). "Sandflies and mosquitoes - Sandflies: New Zealand's blackflies". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. (2012). Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 68. Manaaki Whenua Press. pp. 106–107.
  6. Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. (2012). Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 68. Manaaki Whenua Press. pp. 141–142.
  7. Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. (2012). Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 68. Manaaki Whenua Press. pp. 149–153.
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