Prosimuliini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
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Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
Family: | Simuliidae |
Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
Tribe: |
Prosimuliini Latreille, 1802 |
Type genus | |
Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 |
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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.