Abstract
Three new species of the simuliid subgenus Inseliellum are described. Simulium adelaideae, from Tahiti, appears to be closely related to the hirticranium subgroup and may constitute the sister species of that taxon. Simulium sublonckei, also from Tahiti, is the sister species of S. lonckei plus S. joyae. The third new species, Simulium englundi, from the Marquesas Islands, is closely related to S. gallinum. The Tahitian species are both from higher altitude localities and bring the number of known species for that island to 31. There are now 10 species known from the Marquesas islands, for a total of 51 species in Inseliellum.References
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