''Austrosimulium'' is a subgenus of ''
Austrosimulium
''Austrosimulium'' is a genus of 31 species of black flies that are distributed in Australia and New Zealand. There are 2 subgenera: '' Austrosimulium'' whose species are principally from New Zealand, and '' Novaustrosimulium'' which are exclus ...
'', a genus of Simuliidae (black flies). The flies in this subgenre are found mainly in New Zealand, with a few in Australia.
[
] They are the only Simuliidae found in New Zealand.
In New Zealand, where they are known as ''
sandflies
Sandfly (or sand fly) is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking dipteran (fly) encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, ''sandfly'' may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenhe ...
'', the females of three species – ''
A. australense'', ''
A. tillyardianum'' and ''
A. ungulatum'' – bite humans; the males do not.
''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. ''A. tillyardianum'' is found in the North Island and the South Island. ''A. ungulatum'' is found in the South Island and Stewart Island, and is well-known for biting humans.
Species
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A. albovelatum''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. alveolatum''
Dumbleton, 1973[Craig, D.A.; Craig, R.E.G.; Crosby, T.K. (2012)]
Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera).
''Fauna of New Zealand'', (68)
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A. australense''
( Schiner, 1868)
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A. bicorne''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. campbellense''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. cornutum''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. crassipes''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. dugdalei''
Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012
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A. dumbletoni''
Crosby, 1976
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A. extendorum''
Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012
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A. fiordense''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. fulvicorne''
Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950
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A. laticorne''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. longicorne''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. mirabile''
Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948
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A. montanum''
Mackerras & Mackerras, 1952
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A. multicorne''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. stewartense''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. tillyardianum''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. tonnoiri''
Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012
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A. ungulatum''
Tonnoir, 1925
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A. unicorne''
Dumbleton, 1973
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A. vailavoense''
Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012
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A. vexans''
( Mik, 1881)
References
External links
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Simuliidae
Diptera of New Zealand
Insect subgenera
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