Araucnephia
| Araucnephia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
| Tribe: | Simuliini |
| Genus: | Araucnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| A. montana (Philippi, 1865) | |
| Species | |
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See Text. | |
Araucnephia is a genus of South American black flies from Chile and Argentina. There are only 2 known species.[1]
Species
- A. iberaensis Coscarón & Coscarón-Arias, 2002[2]
- A. montana (Philippi, 1865)
Literature Cited
- ↑ Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory". p. 109.
- ↑ S Coscarón, CL Coscarón-Arias (2002). "Araucnephia iberaensis n. sp., a Neotropical Black Fly with a Peculiar Distribution (Diptera-Simuliidae)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro) 97 (1): 81–87. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762002000100013. ISSN 1678-8060. Retrieved 2009-03-24.