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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
- 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 · Polski
Meszkowate (Simuliidae) – rodzina małych owadów zaliczanych do Nematocera (długoczułkie), popularnie meszki, błędnie nazywane mustykowate, mustyki (Melusinidae Grünberg, 1910). Nazwa meszka lub mustyk stosowana jest również ogólnie dla przedstawicieli rodzaju Simulium. Znanych jest ok. 1750 gatunków występujących we wszystkich strefach klimatycznych, z czego w Polsce rozpoznano ok. 50.
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