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Kriebelmuggen

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Kriebelmuggen

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

familie uit de superfamilie Chironomoidea

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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

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
10,289
With media
188
Family
Simuliidae
Collections
YPM, MHNCA, USNM, UAM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Article · Nederlands

De kriebelmuggen (Simuliidae) vormen een grote familie van muggen uit de orde tweevleugeligen (Diptera). Ze zijn nauw verwant aan de knutten (Ceratopogonidae) en de dansmuggen (Chironomidae) en de Thaumaleidae. Er zijn 2163 soorten bekend, de meest beschreven in het geslacht Simulium (dat in rap tempo wordt opgebroken).

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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