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مگس سیاه

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Also known as black fly, black flies, blackfly, blackflies

family of flies

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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

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilySimuliidae
Observations recorded321,569

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Commons category
Simuliidae
taxon name
Simuliidae
taxon common name
knott
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