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Checklist for Family Simuliidae Newman, 1834 (Black flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
285
687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
132
366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Simulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
7
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySimuliidae
Newman, 1834
Black flies, Black fly, Blackflies, Buffalo gnat
6
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
6 Genera with 38 Species
Afrosimulium Crosskey, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Greniera Doby & David, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky ..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 195333SpeciesTaxom
Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
38 Species
Greniera denaria Davies, Pete..., 1962Number Ten Black Fly
Paraustrosimulium anthracinum Bigot, 1888
Prosimulium (Paracnephia) muspratti Freeman & Me..., 1953
Prosimulium daviesi Peterson & D..., 1960Swamp blackberry
Prosimulium mixtum Syme & Davies, 1958
Simulium (Anasolen) dentulosum Roubaud, 1915
Simulium (Edwardsellum) damnosum Theobald, 1903
Simulium (Freemanellum) debegene Meillon, 1934
Simulium (Freemanellum) hessei Gibbins, 1941
Simulium (Meilloniellum) adersi Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Meilloniellum) hirsutum Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Metomphalus) bovis Meillon, 1930
Simulium (Metomphalus) cavum Gibbins, 1938
Simulium (Metomphalus) chutteri Lewis, 1965
Simulium (Metomphalus) hargreavesi Gibbins, 1934
Simulium (Metomphalus) letabum Meillon, 1935
Simulium (Metomphalus) medusaeforme Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Metomphalus) vorax Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Metomphalus) wellmanni Roubaud, 1906
Simulium (Nevermannia) brachium Gibbins, 1936
Simulium (Nevermannia) gouldingi Stone, 1952Jujube
Simulium (Nevermannia) katangae Fain, 1951
Simulium (Nevermannia) nigritarse Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Nevermannia) ruficorne Macquart, 1838
Simulium (Nevermannia) rutherfoordi Meillon, 1937
Simulium (Nevermannia) silvestre Rubtsov, 1956Woodland Black Fly
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) alcocki Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) bequaerti Gibbins, 1936
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) cervicornutum Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) harrisoni Freeman & Me..., 1953
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) impukane Meillon, 1936
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) mcmahoni Meillon, 1940
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) merops Meillon, 1950
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) rotundum Gibbins, 1936
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) schoutedeni Wanson, 1947
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) unicornutum Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum (Lundström, 1911)⇒ Simulium tuberosum Lundström, 1911
Simulium gariepsense Meillon, 1953

Subnodes of Simuliidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilySimuliinae
Newman, 1834
5
38
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Simuliidae at ru.ac.za
Simuliidae at artfakta.se
Simuliidae at dyntaxa.se
Simuliidae at gbif.org
Simuliidae at irmng.org
Simuliidae at itis.gov