Prosimulium mixtum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Simuliidae |
Genus: | Prosimulium |
Species: | P. mixtum |
Binomial name | |
Prosimulium mixtum Syme & Davies, 1958 | |
Prosimulium mixtum, the mixed-up black fly, is a species of black flies (insects in the family Simuliidae). [1] [2] [3] [4]
A black fly or blackfly is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. They are related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and Thaumaleidae. Over 2,200 species of black flies have been formally named, of which 15 are extinct. They are divided into two subfamilies: Parasimuliinae contains only one genus and four species; Simuliinae contains all the rest. Over 1,800 of the species belong to the genus Simulium.
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