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Prosimulium

Prosimulium is a genus of black flies. There are at least 110 described species in Prosimulium.

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Prosimulium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Tribe: Prosimuliini
Genus: Prosimulium
Roubaud, 1906
Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x
Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x source ↗

Prosimulium is a genus of black flies (insects in the family Simuliidae). There are at least 110 described species in Prosimulium.1234

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Genus Prosimulium Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. "Prosimulium Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. "Prosimulium Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. "Browse Prosimulium". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Adler, Peter H.; Currie, Douglas C.; Wood, D.Monty (2004). The black flies (simuliidae) of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801424984.
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Curran, Charles H. (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. New York, NY: The Ballou Press. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
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