Austrosimulium
| Austrosimulium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
| Tribe: | Simuliini |
| Genus: | Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| A. australense (Schiner, 1868) | |
| Species | |
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Austrosimulium is a genus of 31 species of black flies, They are distributed in Australia and New Zealand. There are 2 subgenera: Austrosimulium whose species are principally from New Zealand, and Novaustrosimulium which are exclusively Australian.[1]
Some species are known to spread the protozoan blood parasite Leucocytozoon tawaki in penguins.[2][3][4]
Species
- Subgenus Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925
- A. albovelatum Dumbleton, 1973
- A. alveolatum Dumbleton, 1973[5]
- 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[5]
- A. dumbletoni Crosby, 1976[4]
- A. extendorum Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[5]
- A. fiordense Dumbleton, 1973[5]
- 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[5]
- A. ungulatum Tonnoir, 1925
- A. unicorne Dumbleton, 1973
- A. vailavoense Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012[5]
- A. vexans (Mik, 1881)
- Subgenus Novaustrosimulium Dumbleton, 1973
- A. bancrofti (Taylor, 1918)
- A. furiosum (Skuse, 1889)
- A. magnum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1955
- A. pestilens Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948
- A. torrentium Tonnoir, 1925
- A. victoriae (Roubaud, 1906)
Austrosimulium species as yet unplaced
- A. colboi Davies & Györkös, 1988
Literature cited
- ↑ Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory". p. 109.
- ↑ Douglas A. Craig & Trevor K. Crosby (2008). "Gynandromorphs of New Zealand Austrosimulium spp. (Diptera: Simuliidae)". Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1811: 57–68. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ↑ A. M. Fallis, S. A. Bisset, F. R. Allison (1976). "Leucocytozoon tawaki n.sp. (Eucoccida: Leucocytozoidae) from the penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, and preliminary observations on its development in Austrosimulium spp. (Diptera: Simuliidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology (Wellington, New Zealand: The Royal Society of New Zealand) 3 (1): 11–16. doi:10.1080/03014223.1976.9517893.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 T. K. Crosby (1976). "Austrosimulium (Austrosimulium) dumbletoni n.sp. from New Zealand (Diptera: Simuliidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology (Wellington, New Zealand: The Royal Society of New Zealand) 3 (1): 17–19. doi:10.1080/03014223.1976.9517894.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. 2012: Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (68)
External links
Data related to Austrosimulium at Wikispecies- http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/AbtCit/ei/EcoWtr/macroinv/macroinvertebrates.asp| page with many Macroinvertebrates listed, described and illustrated