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Taxonomy of Superfamily Simulioidea Borkent, 2012


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		3816
189502
2439455		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		3399
186457
2415487		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		1891
142849
2048615		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		412
22844
306890		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns		101
5519
102901		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges		11
1863
38890		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Simulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
154
4443		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Simulioidea Borkent, 2012
FamilySimuliidae
Newman, 1834
Black flies, Black fly, Blackflies, Buffalo gnat		136
4151		Genera
Species
FamilyThaumaleidae ♰
Bezzi, 1913
Solitary midges, Trickle midges		18
292		Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Simulioidea Borkent, 2012
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Afghanistan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesAlbania
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesAlgeria
2 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesAndorra
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesAngola
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesArgentina
2 Families  12 Genera  96 SpeciesArmenia
1 Families  2 Genera  17 SpeciesAustralia
2 Families  11 Genera  88 SpeciesAustria
2 Families  3 Genera  15 SpeciesAzerbaijan
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesBangladesh
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelgium
1 Families  5 Genera  15 SpeciesBelize
1 Family  1 Genus  13 SpeciesBenin
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBolivia
1 Families  3 Genera  12 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesBotswana
1 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesBrazil
1 Families  6 Genera  117 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesBurundi
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCameroon
1 Family  1 Genus  30 SpeciesCanada
2 Families  19 Genera  147 SpeciesCape Verde
1 Families  2 Genera  9 SpeciesChile
2 Families  10 Genera  59 SpeciesChina
2 Families  5 Genera  126 SpeciesColombia
1 Families  6 Genera  79 SpeciesComoros
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Families  6 Genera  32 SpeciesCroatia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCuba
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCzech Republic
2 Families  5 Genera  56 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  8 SpeciesDenmark
2 Families  4 Genera  34 SpeciesDominica
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesEcuador
1 Families  3 Genera  33 SpeciesEgypt
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Family  1 Genus  8 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
2 Families  8 Genera  71 SpeciesFrance
2 Families  9 Genera  108 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesGermany
2 Families  13 Genera  77 SpeciesGhana
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  5 Genera  22 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Families  4 Genera  50 SpeciesGuinea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGuyana
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesHaiti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHonduras
1 Family  1 Genus  7 SpeciesHungary
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesIceland
2 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesIndia
2 Families  3 Genera  66 SpeciesIndonesia
1 Families  3 Genera  84 SpeciesIran
2 Families  4 Genera  11 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  3 Genera  10 SpeciesIsrael
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesItaly
2 Families  9 Genera  108 SpeciesIvory Coast
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesJapan
2 Families  8 Genera  79 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesKenya
1 Family  1 Genus  20 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesLatvia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLebanon
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesLesotho
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesLiberia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesLibya
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesLithuania
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMadagascar
1 Families  2 Genera  24 SpeciesMalawi
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesMalaysia
1 Family  1 Genus  47 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMexico
2 Families  10 Genera  111 SpeciesMicronesia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesMongolia
1 Families  7 Genera  23 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMorocco
1 Families  4 Genera  14 SpeciesMozambique
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesNamibia
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesNepal
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesNetherlands
2 Families  7 Genera  38 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  4 Genera  34 SpeciesNicaragua
1 Family  1 Genus  8 SpeciesNigeria
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  39 Genera  399 SpeciesOman
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPakistan
2 Families  2 Genera  13 SpeciesPalau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPanama
1 Families  3 Genera  24 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  7 SpeciesParaguay
1 Family  1 Genus  14 SpeciesPeru
1 Families  2 Genera  43 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  3 Genera  69 SpeciesPoland
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesPortugal
2 Families  2 Genera  14 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
2 Families  9 Genera  67 SpeciesRomania
2 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesRussia
2 Families  21 Genera  277 SpeciesRwanda
1 Family  1 Genus  12 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSenegal
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSerbia
2 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSierra Leone
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesSlovakia
2 Families  3 Genera  19 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSolomon Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  21 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSpain
2 Families  5 Genera  37 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Family  1 Genus  14 SpeciesSudan
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSuriname
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSweden
2 Families  10 Genera  119 SpeciesSwitzerland
2 Families  3 Genera  15 SpeciesSyria
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Families  3 Genera  39 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Families  2 Genera  9 SpeciesTanzania
1 Family  1 Genus  11 SpeciesThailand
2 Families  2 Genera  66 SpeciesTogo
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesTurkey
1 Families  3 Genera  22 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
1 Families  2 Genera  26 SpeciesUkraine
1 Families  4 Genera  12 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
2 Families  12 Genera  94 SpeciesUruguay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUSA
2 Families  24 Genera  315 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Family  1 Genus  14 SpeciesVenezuela
1 Families  2 Genera  56 SpeciesVietnam
1 Family  1 Genus  39 SpeciesYemen
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesZambia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Families  2 Genera  4 Species


Distribution on islands
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Aldabra Group
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAzores
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBaranof Island
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesCyclades
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHebrides
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesInner Hebrides
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Victoria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesKodiak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLa Palma
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLangkawi
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Families  4 Genera  19 SpeciesNorthern Isles
2 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesOrkney Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesPorto Santo Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Maria Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesShetland Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSkye
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesStradbroke Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVancouver Island
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesWellington
1 Families  3 Genera  6 Species


Found in fossile formations
Rott Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species