Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Infraorder Culicomorpha > Superfamily Chironomoidea

Simuliidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cnephia Enderlein, 1921
Greniera Doby & David, 1959
Metacnephia Crosskey, 1969
Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
Simulium Latreille, 1802
Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
Twinnia Stone & Jamnback, 1955

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: blackflies [Diptera] sources: Charles Hussey
 Norwegian Bokmål: knott
 Norwegian Nynorsk: knott
 Swedish: knott

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Citation

Pape, Dr Thomas Beuk, Dr Paul. Simuliidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/34345fb1-a27d-40df-af88-4357f7f2808b

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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Importance

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