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thumb | right | alt=Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x | Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x Prosimulium is a genus of black flies (insects in the family Simuliidae). There are at least 110 described species in Prosimulium.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilySimuliidae
Observations11

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
561
Family
Simuliidae
Collections
UAM, MSU
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Simuliidae
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taxon name
Prosimulium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Prosimulium
Commons category
Prosimulium
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thumb | right | alt=Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x | Mouth part of a blackfly larva of Prosimulium sp., 400x Prosimulium is a genus of black flies (insects in the family Simuliidae). There are at least 110 described species in Prosimulium.

==See also== List of Prosimulium species

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