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Genus Prosimulium

Rotting tree neighbor - Prosimulium - female

Simuliidae, genus Prosimulium - Prosimulium

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)

Family Simuliidae (Black Flies)

Tribe Prosimuliini

Genus Prosimulium

Numbers

38 species in North America

Identification

Adults of tribe Prosimulini (sensu Adler, Currie, and Wood(1)) have the fork in vein Rs about midway along the vein. Larvae have the last three antenna segments clear, clear, and dark (from base to tip). Consult keys for ID beyond tribe.

Works Cited

1.	The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America Peter H. Adler et al. 2004. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 6 May, 2008 - 3:28pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 18 March, 2009 - 9:00pm

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