Simulium aureum (Fries, 1824)
(a blackfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSimulium aureum (a blackfly)
GenusSimulium (a genus of blackflies)
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)
Records of Simulium aureum (a blackfly) :
1: Simulium aureum (a blackfly)
6 Nov 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in Willow Moss on boulder at side of river bed, currently above water level
Image 1: Pupal exuviae - in cocoon - highly enlargedImage 2: Pupal exuviae - lateral view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 3: Pupal exuviae - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Pupal exuviae - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Pupal exuviae - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Pupal exuviae - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Pupal gill filaments - lateral view - magnified

Simulium aureum (a blackfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Simulium aureum (a blackfly)
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