Simulium noelleri Friederichs, 1920
(a blackfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSimulium noelleri (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 noelleri (a blackfly) :
1: Simulium noelleri (a blackfly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
22 Feb 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, on human bait
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background
2: Simulium noelleri (a blackfly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
2 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - anterior view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head & thorax - antero-dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head & thorax - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head & thorax - lateral view - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - grey background (2)Image 7: Female - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 8: Legs - grey backgroundImage 9: Wing

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Simulium noelleri (a blackfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Simulium noelleri (a blackfly)
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