Species Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) pestilens Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948

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• Austrosimulium pestilens Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1948. Simuliidae (Diptera) from Queensland. Australian Journal of Scientific Research B 1: 231-270 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, QLD: Charley's Creek, Chinchilla.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 8♂ 7♀ adults; BMNH 2♀ ♂ adults.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Biting pest of mammals, shelter in tea trees, oviposits directly into water, larva found in torrential, turbulent and muddy streams, emerging 10 days after the subsidence of flood waters.

 

General References

Ballard, J.W.O. 1994. Evidence from 12S ribosomal RNA sequences resolves a morphological conundrum in Austrosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33: 131-135 [131] (biology)

Ballard, J.W.O. & Elder, R.J. 1992. Monitoring blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) pests. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 263-270 [263] (biology)

Colbo, M., Fallis, M.H. & Reye, E.J. 1977. The distribution and biology of Austrosimulium pestilens, a serious biting-fly pest following flooding. Australian Veterinary Journal 53: 166-175 [166]

Colbo, M.H., Lee, R.M.K.W., Davies, D.M. & Yang Y.J. 1979. Labro-cibarial sensilla and armature in adult black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 166-175 [167] (taxonomy)

Colbo, M.H. & Moorhouse D.E. 1974. The survival of the eggs of Austrosimulium pestilens Mack. and Mack. (Diptera, Simuliidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 64: 629-632 [629] (biology)

Dumbleton, L.J. 1973. The genus Austrosimulium Tonnoir (Diptera: Simuliidae) with particular reference to the New Zealand fauna. New Zealand Journal of Science 15: 480-584 [publication dated 1972, published 1973] [558] (as Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) pestilens Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948)

Hunter, D.M. & Moorhouse, D.E. 1976. Comparative bionomics of adult Austrosimulium pestilens Mackerras and Mackerras and A. bancrofti (Taylor) (Diptera, Simuliidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 66: 453-467 [453] (biology)

Mackerras, I.M. & Mackerras, M.J. 1949. Revisional notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 73: 372-405 [396] (taxonomy)

Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1950. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 75: 167-187 [187] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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