Simuliini

Simuliini

Simuliini

Tribe of black flies


The Simuliini is a tribe of black flies that contains over 2,000 species, with more than 1,800 in the genus Simulium. There are 19 living genera, and three genera only known from Cretaceous fossils.[1]

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Living genera

Fossil genera

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

Literature cited

  1. Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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