Prosimulium

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Prosimulium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Tribe: Prosimuliini
Genus: Prosimulium
Roubaud, 1906

Prosimulium is a genus of black flies (insects in the family Simuliidae). There are at least 110 described species in Prosimulium. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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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.

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