Biology:Parasimuliinae

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Short description: Subfamily of insects

Parasimuliinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Subfamily: Parasimuliinae
Smart, 1945
Type genus
Parasimulium
Malloch, 1914

The Parasimuliinae are a subfamily of Simuliidae (black flies) containing only one genus and four species.[1] Most species are rare, and some are cave dwellers, in western North America.[2][3]

Species

  • Subgenus Astoneomyia Peterson, 1977
  • P. melanderi Stone, 1963
  • Subgenus Parasimulium Malloch, 1914
  • P. crosskeyi Peterson, 1977
  • P. furcatum Malloch, 1914
  • P. stonei Peterson, 1977[1]

Literature cited

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory. pp. 109. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/blackflies/SimulidIntro.html. 
  2. Patrick Shaw & Martin Davis (1999). "Invertebrates from Caves on Vancouver Island". Proc. Biology and Management of Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, B.C.: 121–124. http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/bl13shaw.pdf. 
  3. Art Borkent & Douglas C. Currie (2001). "Discovery of the Female of Parasimulium (Astoneomyia) Melanderi Stone (Diptera: Simuliidae) in a Cave in British Columbia, With a Discussion of its Phylogenetic Position". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103 (3): 546–553. 

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