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Covid-19 Austrosimulium genus of 31 species of black flies, They are distributed in Australia and New Zealand . There are 2 subgenera: Austrosimulium whose species are principally from New Zealand, and Novaustrosimulium
Some species are known to spread the protozoan blood parasite Leucocytozoon tawaki in penguins .
Subgenus Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925 A. albovelatum Dumbleton, 1973 A. alveolatum Dumbleton, 1973 A. australense (Schiner , 1868) A. bicorne Dumbleton, 1973 A. campbellense Dumbleton, 1973 A. cornutum Tonnoir, 1925 A. crassipes Tonnoir, 1925 A. dugdalei Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 A. dumbletoni Crosby, 1976 A. extendorum Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 A. fiordense Dumbleton, 1973 A. fulvicorne Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950 A. laticorne Tonnoir, 1925 A. longicorne Tonnoir, 1925 A. mirabile Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948 A. montanum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1952 A. multicorne Tonnoir, 1925 A. stewartense Dumbleton, 1973 A. tillyardianum Dumbleton, 1973 A. tonnoiri Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 A. ungulatum Tonnoir, 1925 A. unicorne Dumbleton, 1973 A. vailavoense Craig, Craig & Crosby, 2012 A. vexans (Mik , 1881) Subgenus Novaustrosimulium Dumbleton, 1973 A. bancrofti (Taylor, 1918) A. furiosum (Skuse , 1889) A. magnum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1955 A. pestilens Mackerras & Mackerras, 1948 A. torrentium Tonnoir, 1925 A. victoriae (Roubaud, 1906) Austrosimulium species as yet unplaced
A. colboi Davies & Györkös, 1988 Austrosimulium Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
