Species Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) torrentium Tonnoir, 1925
- Austrosimulium torrentium Tonnoir, A.L. 1925. Australasian Simuliidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 15: 213-255 [247].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, TAS: St Patrick River.
Paratype(s) ANIC 14 adults. - Austrosimulim torrentium hilli 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 [401].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC larva, ACT: Cotter River.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ adults and pupa.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Crosskey, R.W. 1988. Part VIII. Black fly species of the world. 32. An annotated checklist of the world black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). pp. 425-520 in Kim, K.C. & Merritt, R.W. (eds). Black Flies. Ecology, Population Management, and Annotated World List. Pennsylvannia & London : The Pennsylvannia State University, University Park xv 528 pp. [publication dated 1987] [444]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva on stones in large streams with very swift flow.
General References
Downes, B.J. 1991. Different colonization patterns of two closely related stream insects (Austrosimulium spp.) following disturbance. Freshwater Biology 26: 295-306 [295] (biology)
Dumbleton, L.J. 1962. Taxonomic characters in the pre-adult stages of Simuliidae (Diptera). New Zealand Journal of Science 5: 496-506 [498] (taxonomy)
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] [556] (as Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) torrentium torrentium Tonnoir, 1925 and Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) torrentium hilli Mackerras & Mackerras 1949)
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 [400] (division into subspecies as Austrosimulium torrentium torrentium Tonnoir, 1925)
Mackerras, I.M. & Mackerras, M.J. 1952. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 104-113 [112] (distribution)
Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1955. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 105-112 [108] (distibution)
History of changes
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