Simulium yahense is a species of black flies found in West African rain forests. Their larval stages are found in "smaller, more shaded, cooler breeding waters."[1] One particular group, now eradicated, was found only on the island of Bioko, and was an extremely effective vector for the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus that causes onchocerciasis, or "river blindness".[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Genus: | Simulium |
| Species: | S. yahense
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| Simulium yahense Vajime & Dunbar, 1975
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References
edit- ^ Fryauff DJ, Trpis M. (November 1986). "Identification of larval and adult Simulium yahense and Simulium sanctipauli based on species-specific enzyme markers and their distribution at different breeding habitats in Central Liberia". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 35 (6): 1218–30. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.1218. PMID 2947482.
- ^ "Simulium yahense 'Bioko'". History Online. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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