Species Paraustrosimulium anthracinum (Bigot, 1888)

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• Simulium anthracinum Bigot, J.M.F. 1888. Diptères. 45 pp., pl. I-IV in Ministère de la Marine et de l’Instruction Publique. Mission scientifique du Cap Horn 1882–1883. Tome VI. Zoologie. Deuxiéme partie. Paris : Gauthier-Villare et Fils. [15].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂, ♀.

  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 [203].
• Simulium moorei Silva Figueroa, C. 1917. Dos nuero Simulidos (sic) de Chile. Boletín del Museo Nacional, Santiago de Chile 10: 28–33 [30] [junior homonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [475] (redescription)

Generic Combinations

• Austrosimulium anthracinum (Bigot, 1888). —
  Smart, J. 1945. The classification of the Simuliidae (Diptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 95: 463-532 [499]
• Austrosimulium (Paraustrosimulium) anthracinum (Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1962). —
  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 [242]
• Paraustrosimulium anthracinum (Bigot, 1888). —
  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 [73]
• Simulium (Austrosimulium) anthracinum (Bigot, 1888). —
  Edwards, F.W. 1931. Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part II. Fascicle 4.—Simuliidae. London : British Museum (Natural History) pp. 121-154. [143]

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