Simulium (Simulium) argenteostriatum, Strobl, 1898

Crosskey, R. W., 2002, A taxonomic account of the black y fauna of Iraq and Iran, including keys for species identi cation (Diptera: Simuliidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (15), pp. 1841-1886 : 1882-1883

S. (S.) argenteostriatum species-group

aureofulgens Terteryan, 1949

Turkey; Armenia, Azerbaijan.

S. (S.) bezzii species-group bezzii (Corti, 1914) kondici (Baranov, 1926) condici: incorrect subsequent spelling. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey; central and southern Europe, North Africa ( Morocco and Algeria), Corsica, Sardinia, some Greek islands, Transcaucasus.

S. (S.) bukovskii species-group

bukovskii Rubtsov, 1940

bukowskii: incorrect subsequent spelling

Turkey; Armenia, Balkans, southern Russia, Ukraine (Crimea).

S. (S.) ornatum species-group

baracorne Smart, 1944 (substitute name for ru corne Baranov)

ru corne (Baranov, 1926) (preoccupied)

Turkey; Balkans, Ukraine (Crimea)

fontanum Terteryan, 1952

Iran; Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern Russia, Romania.

kiritshenkoi Rubtsov, 1940

? caucasicum Rubtsov, 1940 [see text]

[ caucasicum: Crosskey, 1967 , separate validity from kiritshenkoi ]

Iran, Iraq; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan.

ornatum Meigen, 1818 (complex)

Israel, Jordan, Lebanon; all mainland Europe, North Africa (Maghreb). [Records from Middle East probably not applying to ornatum s. str.]

S. (S.) reptans species-group pulchripes Austen, 1925

Turkey (Asiatic). reptans Linnaeus, 1758

Turkey; widespread northern and central European mainland. [ Kazanci and

Clergue-Gazeau (1990), misidenti ed pulchripes.]

S. (S.) variegatum species-group niha Giudicelli and Dia, 1986

Lebanon. variegatum Meigen, 1818

Iran, Lebanon, Turkey; widespread European mainland, North Africa

(Maghreb), Corsica, Sicily, Rhodes, Transcaucasus.

Subgenus WILHELMIA Enderlein, 1921

S. (W.) buettikeri species-group

buettikeri Crosskey and Roberts, 1994 (in Crosskey, Büttiker and Roberts)

Oman, United Arab Emirates (Dubai). S. (W.) equinum species-group

bravermani Beaucournu-Saguez, 1986

Israel.

dahestanicum (Rubtsov, 1962)

Iraq; Russia (Dagestan), Transcaucasus.

golani Beaucournu-Sague z and Braverman, 1977 (in Beaucournu-Saguez, Braverman

and Tsafrir)

Syria (Golan).

paraequinum Puri, 1933

transcaucasicum ( Rubtsov, 1956)

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey; Balkans and north-east Italy, Ukraine (Crimea), Transcaucasus, Pakistan.

pseudequinum Séguy, 1930

mediterraneum Puri, 1925

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey; southern Palaearctic region from Iberia to Central Asia (including North Africa, Canary Islands, Sardinia, Sicily, Greek islands, Cyprus, Pakistan and north-west India).

S. (W.) lineatum species-group lineatum (Meigen, 1804) salopiense Edwards, 1927 turgaicum ( Rubtsov, 1940) Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey; widespread Eurasia from western Europe to China (including Corsica, Transcaucasus).