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]

Simuliini
S. yahense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Subfamily: Simuliinae
Tribe: Simuliini
Latreille, 1802
Type genus
Simulium
Latreille, 1802
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Nevermanniini Enderlein, 1921
  • Wilhelmiini Baranov, 1926
  • Ectemniinae Enderlein, 1930
  • Stegopterninae Enderlein, 1930
  • Cnesiinae Enderlein, 1934
  • Friesiini Enderlein, 1936
  • Odagmiini Enderlein, 1936
  • Austrosimuliini Smart, 1945
  • Cnephiini Grenier & Rageau, 1960
  • Eusimuliini Rubtsov, 1974

Living genera

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Fossil genera

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Literature cited

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  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)