Simuliini

The Simuliini is a tribe of black flies that contains over 2,000 species, with more than 1,800 in the genus Simulium. There are 19 living genera, and three genera only known from Cretaceous fossils.^[1]

Simuliini
S. yahense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Simuliidae
Subfamily:	Simuliinae
Tribe:	Simuliini Latreille, 1802
Type genus
Simulium Latreille, 1802
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Nevermanniini Enderlein, 1921 Wilhelmiini Baranov, 1926 Ectemniinae Enderlein, 1930 Stegopterninae Enderlein, 1930 Cnesiinae Enderlein, 1934 Friesiini Enderlein, 1936 Odagmiini Enderlein, 1936 Austrosimuliini Smart, 1945 Cnephiini Grenier & Rageau, 1960 Eusimuliini Rubtsov, 1974

Living genera

• Araucnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
• Araucnephioides Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
• Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925
• Cnephia Enderlein, 1921
• Cnesia Enderlein, 1934
• Cnesiamima Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
• Crozetia Davies, 1965
• Ectemnia Enderlein, 1930
• Gigantodax Enderlein, 1925
• Greniera Doby & David, 1959
• Lutzsimulium D’Andretta & D’Andretta, 1947
• Metacnephia Crosskey, 1969
• Paracnephia Rubtsov, 1962
• Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1962
• Pedrowygomyia Coscarón & Miranda-Esquivel, 1998
• Simulium Latreille, 1802
• Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
• Sulcicnephia Rubtsov, 1971
• Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky & Díaz Nájera, 1970

Fossil genera

• Archicnephia Currie & Grimaldi, 2000
• Baisomyia Kalugina, 1991
• Gydarina Kalugina, 1991

Literature cited

1. Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)