SIMULIIDAE
(blackflies)

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Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
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Genus 15 subtaxa 34 images 13 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections www.eutaxa.com
Austen, E.E. 1906 *** Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies ***(Superseded) 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)
() Bass, J. 1998 Last-instar larvae and pupae of the Simuliidae of Britain and Ireland: a key with brief ecological notes Scientific Publications, no. 55, 102pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Crosskey, R.W. 2005 A perspective on anthropophily in British blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae) with keys to the identification of the culprit species Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 29-58.
() Davies, L. 1968 *** A Key to the British Species of Simuliidae (Diptera) in the Larval, Pupal and Adult Stages ***(Superseded) Scientific Publication, No 24, 126pp, Freshwater Biological Association

SIMULIIDAE (blackflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
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