Species Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) victoriae (Roubaud, 1906)
- Simulium victoriae Roubaud, E. 1906. Insectes Diptères. Simulies nouvelles ou peu connues. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 12: 517-522 [521].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, VIC: Mts.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 4♀ adults; ANIC ♀ adult (not found; one paralectotype is not conspecific with the lectotype and is Cnephia umbratorum, see Crosskey, R.W. & Lowry C.A. 1990. Simuliidae. 201–235 in Townsend, B.C. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1–371 [233]).Subsequent designation references:
Crosskey, R.W. & Lowry C.A. 1990. Simuliidae. pp. 201-235 in Townsend, B.C. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1-371 [233]. - Austrosimulium tasmaniense Tonnoir, A.L. 1925. Australasian Simuliidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 15: 213-255 [245].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, TAS: Cradle Valley.
Paratype(s) ANIC 25 adults; BMNH 4♀ adults.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [398]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, 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
Female takes blood meals from humans; larva and pupa on reeds or stones in clear moderately swift to fast flowing water often cold.
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. 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] [554] (as Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) victoriae (Roubaud, 1906))
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 [398] (taxonomy)
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 [110] (taxonomy, distribution)
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] (taxonomy)
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] (Flinders Island distribution)
Pulikowsky, N. 1929. Die respiratorischen Anpassungerscheinungen bei den Puppen der Simuliiden. II. Australasiatische Simuliiden. Zeitschrift für die Morphologie und Ökologie die Tiere 13: 655-664 [661] (morphology as Austrosimulium tasmaniense)
Tonnoir, A.L. 1925. Australasian Simuliidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 15: 213-255 [240] (nov. comb. as Austrosimulium victoriae (Roubaud, 1906))
History of changes
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| 10-Jun-2011 | 10-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |