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Species Simulium annulus - Loon Blackfly

Simulium annulus - Infestation of Common Loon Nest Platform - Simulium annulus

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)

Genus Simulium

Species annulus (Loon Blackfly)

Food

Adult flies suck blood with a surprisingly strong preference for Common Loons (Gavia imer). The species has also been implicated as a serious pest of Whooping Cranes at an experimental colony in Wisconsin.

Print References

Weinandt ML, Meyer M, Strand M, Lindsay AR 2012. Cues used by the black fly, Simulium annulus, for attraction to the common loon (Gavia immer). J Vector Ecol. 37(2):359-64.

King, R. S. & P. H. Adler. 2012. Development and evaluation of methods to assess populations of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) at nests of the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana). Journal of Vector Ecology 37: 298-306.

Internet References

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 25 January, 2013 - 6:41pm

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