Prosimuliini

Prosimuliini is a tribe of black flies. It contains over 140 living species, with more than a half of them in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.

Prosimuliini
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Subfamily: Simuliinae
Tribe: Prosimuliini
Latreille, 1802
Type genus
Prosimulium
Roubaud, 1906
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Hellichiini Enderlein, 1925
  • Gymnopaidinae Rubtsov, 1955
  • Helodoini Ono, 1982
  • Kovalevimyiinae Kalugina, 1991
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