Simulium
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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Proper noun
Simulium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Simuliidae – certain black flies transmitting diseases such as onchocerciasis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Simuliidae - family; Simuliinae - subfamily; Simuliini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - type species; for the 41 subgenera see
Simulium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; for the many validly named species see Roger W. Crosskey and Theresa M. Howard, A Revised Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory of World Blackflies (Diptera : Simuliidae), 2004, Natural History Museum (London) [pdf]
Further reading
Simulium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Simulium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Simulium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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