Prosimuliini
Prosimuliini is a tribe of black flies. It contains over 140 living species, with more than a half of them in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.[1]
Prosimuliini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Simuliidae |
Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
Tribe: | Prosimuliini Latreille, 1802 |
Type genus | |
Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 | |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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Living genera
- Gymnopais Stone, 1949
- Helodon Enderlein, 1921
- Subgenus Distosimulium Peterson, 1970
- Subgenus Helodon Enderlein, 1921
- Subgenus Parahelodon Peterson, 1970
- Levitinia Chubareva & Petrova, 1981
- Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
- Twinnia Stone & Jamnback, 1955
- Urosimulium Contini, 1963
Fossil genera
- Kovalevimyia Kalugina, 1991
- Simulimima Kalugina, 1985
References
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Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109.
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