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Parasimulium
Sign in to saveParasimulium is a genus of black flies containing two subgenera and four species. They are found in western North America. Most species are rare, and some Canadian species are cave dwellers.
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It sits within the topics Chironomoidea genera, Simuliidae and Taxa named by John Russell Malloch.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySimuliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Simuliidae
- Collections
- UAM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Simuliidae
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- Parasimulium
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Parasimulium is a genus of black flies containing two subgenera and four species. They are found in western North America. Most species are rare, and some Canadian species are cave dwellers.
==Species== Subgenus Astoneomyia Peterson, 1977 P. melanderi Stone, 1963 Subgenus Parasimulium Malloch, 1914 P. crosskeyi Peterson, 1977 P. furcatum Malloch, 1914 P. stonei Peterson, 1977
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