Simuliidae

Simulium trifasciatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Simuliidae
Subfamiliae (2): Parasimuliinae – Simuliinae

Overview of genera (29)

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

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (1) Cnetha
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Name

Simuliidae Newman, 1834: 387

References

• Newman, E. 1834. Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. Entomological Magazine 2: 379–431. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Adler, P.H. & Crosskey, R.W. 2015. Cytotaxonomy of the Simuliidae (Diptera): a systematic and bibliographic conspectus. Zootaxa 3975(1): 1–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3975.1.1 Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-729-4 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-730-0 (Online edition). Reference page. 
• Belqat, B., Adler, P.H., Cherairia, M. & Boudghane-Bendiouis, C.C. 2018. Inventory of the Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of North Africa. Zootaxa 4442(2): 201–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.1 Reference page. 
• 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
• Cherairia, M., Adler, P.H. & Samraoui, B. 2014. Biodiversity and bionomics of the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of northeastern Algeria. Zootaxa 3796(1): 166–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.8 Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C., Gil-Azevedo, L.H. & Moulton, J.K. 2019. Austrocnephia, new genus, for five species of ‘Paracnephia’ (Diptera: Simuliidae), with a key to Australian black fly genera. Zootaxa 4627(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4627.1.1 pdf Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A. & Porch, N. 2013. Subfossils of extinct and extant species of Simuliidae (Diptera) from Austral and Cook Islands (Polynesia): anthropogenic extirpation of an aquatic insect? Zootaxa 3641(4): 448–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.10 Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Reassignment of Western Australia Paracnephia gladiator Moulton & Adler to a new genus, Bunyipellum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4375(3): 341–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.3 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Nothogreniera new genus, for two species of Australian "Paracnephia" (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4444(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.4.1 PDF Reference page. 
• Crosskey, R.W.; Howard, T.M. 2004: A revised taxonomic and geographical inventory of world blackflies (DipteraSimuliidae). [1]
• Currie, D.C., Craig, D.A. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. A new genus, Protaustrosimulium, for four species of Australian black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4521(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.1 pdf Reference page. 
• 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
• Hernández-Triana, L.M. 2015. DNA barcoding of Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): Species identification and discovery of cryptic diversity in Mesoamerica. Zootaxa 3936(1): 93–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.5. Reference page. 
• Ivković, M., Kúdela, M. & Kúdelová, T. 2016. Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Croatia: species richness, distribution and relationship to surrounding countries. Zootaxa 4109(1): 16–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.2. Reference page. 
• Khazeni, A., Adler, P.H., Telmadareiiy, Z. Oshaghi, M.A. Vatandoost, H. Abtahi, S.M. & Lotfi, A. 2013. The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran. Zootaxa 3694(1): 67–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.5 Reference page. 
• Mantilla, J.S., Moncada, L.I., Matta, N.E. & Adler, P.H. 2013. Two new species of black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the High Andes of Colombia. Zootaxa 3700(3): 423–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.6 Reference page. 
• Mukherjee, A., Naskar, A., Kar, O., Pramanik, D. & Banerjee, D. 2022. A checklist of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) from India. Zookeys 1118ː 111–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1118.84686 Reference page. 
• Takaoka, H., Ya'cob, Z. & Sofian-Azirun, M. 2018. Classification, annotated list and keys for the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4498(1): 1–65. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4498.1.1 Reference page. 
• Shelley, A.J., Hernández, L.M. & Penn, M. 2002. A biosystematic revision of the blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Belize, Central America. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology series 71(2): 135-271. DOI: 10.1017/S0968045402000056 BHL Reference page. 
• Şirin, U.D. & Adler, P.H. 2015. Chromosomal and morphological taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the genus Metacnephia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 4048(2): 269–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Şirin, U.D., Çalışkan, H. & Şahin, Y. 2015. Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Turkish Thrace, with a new record for Turkey. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4834. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4834 Reference page. 
• Wolff, M.I., Miranda-Esquivel, D.R. & Moncada-Alvarez, L.I. 2016. FAMILY SIMULIIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 154–177. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.17. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Мошкі
Deutsch: Kriebelmücken
English: Black Flies
suomi: Mäkärät
magyar: Púposszúnyogok, cseszlék
日本語: ブユ科
Līvõ kēļ: Kniššõld
davvisámegiella: Muohkárat

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