Genus Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1962

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• Austrosimulium (Paraustrosimulium) Wygodzinsky, P. & Coscarón, S. 1962. On the relationship and zoogeographic significance of Austrosimulium anthracinum (Bigot), a blackfly from southern South America (Diptera: Simuliidae). Pacific Insects 4: 235-244 [244].

Introduction

Austrosimulium (Paraustrosimulium) was raised to generic status by Crosskey (1969).

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

General References

Craig, D.A., Moulton, J.K. & Currie, D.C. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón: reassignment of Austrosimulium colboi and description of P. obcidens n. sp. from Western Australia. Zootaxa 4337(4): 451-492 [452]

Crosskey, R.W. 1969. A re–classification of the Simuliidae (Diptera) of Africa and its islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 1–195 [17]

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