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Simuliidae
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familia de insectos
Simuliidae is a family of small flies commonly known as blackflies or buffalo gnats. These insects are important because their larvae live in flowing freshwater streams and rivers, and adult females bite humans and animals to feed on blood, sometimes transmitting diseases like onchocerciasis (river blindness) in tropical regions.
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Species
blackflies
Simuliidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySimuliidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10,289
- With media
- 188
- Family
- Simuliidae
- Collections
- YPM, MHNCA, USNM, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Research
2,245 papers- FAMILY SIMULIIDAE.Zootaxa · 2016
- The biodiversity of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Indonesia.Acta tropica · 2018
- Evolution, epidemiology, and population genetics of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae).Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2010
- Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Southern Guyana with keys for the identification of adults and pupae--a review.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2004
- Revision of Simulium rufibasis (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Japan and Korea: Chromosomes, DNA, and Morphology.Journal of medical entomology · 2020
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Article · Español
Los simúlidos (Simuliidae), conocidos vulgarmente como moscas negras, son una familia de dípteros nematóceros de pequeño tamaño (de 2 a 5 mm), de color generalmente oscuro y que se diferencian de los mosquitos por tener el cuerpo más rechoncho, boca picadora-chupadora, alas anchas y patas mucho más cortas. Son un azote para el ganado y las personas, ya que algunas especies actúan como vectores de graves enfermedades como la oncocercosis. Se conocen unas 2100 especies en 35 géneros.
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