Prosimuliini
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| Prosimuliini | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
| Tribe: | Prosimuliini Latreille, 1802 |
| Type genus | |
| Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Prosimuliini is a Tribe of black flies. It contains 136
living species, mostly in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.[1]
Living Genera
- Gymnopais Stone, 1949
- Helodon Enderlein, 1921
- Sub genusDistosimulium Peterson, 1970
- Sub genusHelodon Enderlein, 1921
- Sub genusParahelodon Peterson, 1970
- Levitinia Chubareva & Petrova, 1981
- Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
- Twinnia Stone & Jamnback, 1955
- Urosimulium Contini, 1963
Fossil Genera
- Kovalevimyia Kalugina, 1991
- Simulimima Kalugina, 1985
Literature Cited
- ↑ Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory (in English). p. 109.
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