Genus Simulium

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Family Simuliidae (Black Flies)

Genus Simulium

Numbers

Over one hundred species in North America, many visually indistinguishable

Identification

Basal radial cell one quarter length of wing (compared to one third in most other black flies). Basal medial cell minute or absent. Legs often banded. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America By Peter H. Adler et al.

Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 15 February, 2009 - 7:16am

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