Simuliidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Simuliidae
Subfamiliae (2): Parasimuliinae - Simuliinae

Overview of genera (25)

Araucnephia - Araucnephioides - Austrosimulium - Cnephia - Cnesia - Cnetha - Crozetia - Ectemnia - Gallipodus - Gigantodax - Greniera - Gymnopais - Helodon - Levitinia - Lutzsimulium - Metacnephia - Paracnephia - Parasimulium - Paraustrosimulium - Prosimulium - Simulium - Stegopterna - Sulcicnephia - Tlalocomyia - Twinnia

Name

Simuliidae Newman, 1834

References

• Belqat, B.; Adler, P.H.; Crosskey, R.W. 2011: Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Morocco. Zootaxa, 2829: 46–58. Preview
• Crosskey, R.W.; Howard, T.M. 2004: A revised taxonomic and geographical inventory of world blackflies (DipteraSimuliidae). [1]
• Guo, X.-X. ; Y.-M. Zhang ; J.-Y. An ; G.-L. Zhang ; Z. Zheng ; Y.-D. Dong, & T.-Y. Zhao, 2008: Observations on the biting activity of black flies in Beiwan area, Zinjiang, China, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Simuliidae). Oriental insects 42: 341-348

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kriebelmücken
English: Black fly
日本語: ブユ科
Suomi: Mäkärät, mäkäräiset

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