Prosimuliini

Prosimuliini is a tribe of black flies. It contains over 140 living species, with more than a half of them in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.[1]

Prosimuliini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Nematocera
Superfamily:
Chironomoidea
Family:
Simuliidae
Subfamily:
Simuliinae
Tribe:
Prosimuliini

Latreille, 1802
Type genus
Prosimulium
Roubaud, 1906
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hellichiini Enderlein, 1925
  • Gymnopaidinae Rubtsov, 1955
  • Helodoini Ono, 1982
  • Kovalevimyiinae Kalugina, 1991

Living genera
  • Gymnopais Stone, 1949
  • Helodon Enderlein, 1921
    • Sub genus Distosimulium Peterson, 1970
    • Sub genus Helodon Enderlein, 1921
    • Sub genus Parahelodon Peterson, 1970
  • Levitinia Chubareva & Petrova, 1981
  • Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
  • Twinnia Stone & Jamnback, 1955
  • Urosimulium Contini, 1963

Fossil genera
  • Kovalevimyia Kalugina, 1991
  • Simulimima Kalugina, 1985

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 requires |journal= (help)
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