SIMULIIDAE
(blackflies)

SIMULIIDAE (blackflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SIMULIIDAE (blackflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Prosimulium
a genus of blackflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 references
Simulium
a genus of blackflies
Genus 12 subtaxa 2 trophisms 13 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SIMULIIDAE (blackflies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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Austen, E.E. 1906 *** Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies ***(Superseded) 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)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() Davies, L. 1968 *** A Key to the British Species of Simuliidae (Diptera) in the Larval, Pupal and Adult Stages ***(Superseded) Scientific Publication, No 24, 126pp, Freshwater Biological Association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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Newsletters

British Simuliid Group British Simuliid Group bulletin Published for/by:British Simuliid Group
British Simuliid Group Newsletter of the British Simuliid Group Published for/by:British Simuliid Group
British Simuliid Group The Simuliid Bulletin Published for/by:British Simuliid Group

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SIMULIIDAE (blackflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of SIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
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