Austrosimulium genus of about 30 species of black flies that are distributed in Australia and New Zealand . There are 2 subgenera : Austrosimulium Novaustrosimulium [2] Austrosimulium is a sister genus to the monospecific Paraustrosimulium [3]
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Austrosimulium australense , New ZealandSome species are known to spread the protozoan blood parasite Leucocytozoon tawaki penguins .[4] [5] [6]
In New Zealand, where they are known as sandflies namu (in Māori from Proto-Austronesian *ñamuk "mosquito ", compare with Malay : nyamuk ),[7] [8] A. australense A. tillyardianum A. ungulatum [9] [7] [10]
These 30 species belong to the genus Austrosimulium :[11]
Subgenus Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925
Austrosimulium albovelatum Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium alveolatum Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium australense (Schiner, 1868 ) (New Zealand, Stewart Island )Austrosimulium bicorne Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium campbellense Dumbleton, 1973 (Campbell Island )Austrosimulium cornutum Tonnoir, 1925 (Australia (Victoria , NSW , Tasmania ))Austrosimulium crassipes Tonnoir, 1925 (Australia (Victoria, NSW, Queensland ))Austrosimulium dugdalei Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 (New Zealand (North Island))Austrosimulium dumbletoni Crosby, 1976 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium extendorum Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 (New Zealand (Stewart Island))Austrosimulium fiordense Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium fulvicorne Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950 (Australia (Queensland ))Austrosimulium laticorne Tonnoir, 1925 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium longicorne Tonnoir, 1925 (New Zealand)Austrosimulium mirabile Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948 (Australia (Queensland))Austrosimulium montanum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1952 (Australia (NSW, Victoria))Austrosimulium multicorne Tonnoir, 1925 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium stewartense Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (Stewart Island, South Island))Austrosimulium tillyardianum Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand)Austrosimulium tonnoiri Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium ungulatum Tonnoir, 1925 (New Zealand (South Island, Stewart Island))Austrosimulium unicorne Dumbleton, 1973 (New Zealand (South Island))Austrosimulium vailavoense Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 (New Zealand (Stewart Island, South Island))Austrosimulium vexans (Mik, 1881 ) (Auckland Islands )Subgenus Novaustrosimulium Dumbleton, 1973
Austrosimulium bancrofti (Taylor, 1918) (Australia)Austrosimulium furiosum (Skuse, 1889) (Australia)Austrosimulium magnum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1955 (Australia (Queensland))Austrosimulium pestilens Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948 (Australia (Queensland, NSW, Northern Territory ))Austrosimulium torrentium Tonnoir, 1925 (Australia (Tasmania, NSW, Victoria))Austrosimulium victoriae (Roubaud, 1906) (Australia)
Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B . Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010). "*ñamuk : mosquito" . Austronesian Comparative Dictionary . Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 2 December 2022 . Early, John (2009). Know your New Zealand ... native insects & spiders . New Holland. p. 120. ISBN 9781869662530 
