Simulium Latreille 1802 (black fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae
Alternative spelling: Simulia
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Simuliidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Aldrich 1905, Latreille 1802 and Meunier 1904
Sister taxa: Gymnopaidinae, Inseliellum, Kovalevimyiinae, Nevermannia, Simuliinae, Simuliites, Simulimima
Subtaxa: Simulium (Inseliellum)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (2 collections), French Polynesia (2), the United Kingdom (4)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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