Simuliini | |
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S. yahense | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | |
Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
Family: | Simuliidae |
Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
Tribe: |
Simuliini Latreille, 1802 |
Type genus | |
Simulium Latreille, 1802 |
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Genera | |
See text. |
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Synonyms | |
See text.
The Simuliini are a tribe of black flies, and contains huge species numbers, mostly in the genus Simulium. There are 19 living genera, and three genera only known from Cretaceous fossils.