Simuliini

The Simuliini is a tribe of black flies that contains over 2,000 species, with more than 1,800 in the genus Simulium. There are 19 living genera, and three genera only known from Cretaceous fossils.

Simuliini
S. yahense
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Subfamily: Simuliinae
Tribe: Simuliini
Latreille, 1802
Type genus
Simulium
Latreille, 1802
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Nevermanniini Enderlein, 1921
  • Wilhelmiini Baranov, 1926
  • Ectemniinae Enderlein, 1930
  • Stegopterninae Enderlein, 1930
  • Cnesiinae Enderlein, 1934
  • Friesiini Enderlein, 1936
  • Odagmiini Enderlein, 1936
  • Austrosimuliini Smart, 1945
  • Cnephiini Grenier & Rageau, 1960
  • Eusimuliini Rubtsov, 1974
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