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Simuliini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Diptera

Superfamily
  
Chironomoidea

Scientific name
  
Simuliini

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Nematocera

Family
  
Simuliidae

Higher classification
  
Simuliinae

Simuliini

Lower classifications
  
Simulium, Austrosimulium, Gigantodax

The Simuliini are a tribe of black flies, and contains huge species numbers, mostly in the genus Simulium. There are 19 living genera, and three genera only known from Cretaceous fossils.

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Living genera

  • Araucnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
  • Araucnephioides Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
  • Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925
  • Cnephia Enderlein, 1921
  • Cnesia Enderlein, 1934
  • Cnesiamima Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
  • Crozetia Davies, 1965
  • Ectemnia Enderlein, 1930
  • Gigantodax Enderlein, 1925
  • Greniera Doby & David, 1959
  • Lutzsimulium D’Andretta & D’Andretta, 1947
  • Metacnephia Crosskey, 1969
  • Paracnephia Rubtsov, 1962
  • Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1962
  • Pedrowygomyia Coscarón & Miranda-Esquivel, 1998
  • Simulium Latreille, 1802
  • Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
  • Sulcicnephia Rubtsov, 1971
  • Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky & Díaz Nájera, 1970

    • Fossil genera

  • Archicnephia Currie & Grimaldi, 2000
  • Baisomyia Kalugina, 1991
  • Gydarina Kalugina, 1991

    • References

    Simuliini Wikipedia
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