Prosimulium

Prosimulium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

See also

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

  • 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.