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    Black fly (redirect from Simuliidae)
    buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. It is related to the Ceratopogonidae,...
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    the 18th century. Peter H. Adler (2022). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory"...
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    global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species superficially resemble mosquitoes, but...
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    This superfamily contains the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Chironomoidea have four life stages: the egg, the worm-like...
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    Culicidae -mosquitoes Superfamily Chironomoidea Thaumaleidae -solitary midges Simuliidae -black flies and buffalo gnats Ceratopogonidae -biting midges Chironomidae...
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    frigid zones. Some midges, such as many Phlebotominae (sand fly) and Simuliidae (black fly), are vectors of various diseases. Many others play useful...
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    They are generally slender-bodied with long and narrow wings. Black fly (Simuliidae) and biting midges (Ceratopogonidae), also belonging to the gnat category...
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    subarctic mosquitoes, like some other arctic midges in families such as Simuliidae and Ceratopogonidae may be active for only a few weeks annually as melt-water...
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    no jointed, "true legs", but some dipteran larvae, such as species of Simuliidae, Tabanidae and Vermileonidae, have prolegs adapted to hold onto a substrate...
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    midges as well. New Zealand sandflies (which are taxonomically blackflies—Simuliidae) have a native Māori legend wherein "the god Tu-te-raki-whanoa had just...
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    flies or dung midges Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 - dark-winged fungus gnats Simuliidae Newman, 1834 - black flies Tanyderidae Osten Sacken, 1880 - primitive...
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  • This is a list of all species of flies (the Diptera) that are known to occur in New Zealand, based on the New Zealand Organism Register. The list contains...
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    Hylorina sylvatica and Bufo spinolosus. Five genera and 32 species of Simuliidae (black fly) have been recorded. These genera are Cnesia, Cnesiamima, Gigantodax...
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  • black-fly, or black fly may refer to: Black fly, a fly of the family Simuliidae Blackfly (TV series), a 2001 Canadian comedy series Blackfly (film), a...
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    English of the work of I. A. Rubtsov (1902-1993) on the dipterous family Simuliidae (blackflies) Andreani, A.; Belcari, A.; Sacchetti, P.; Romani, R. (2022)...
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    Austrosimulium australense (category Simuliidae)
    commonly sandfly (namu in Māori), is a species of small fly of the family Simuliidae, endemic to New Zealand. Females consume blood for nutrients to produce...
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    nematoceran flies related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and the Simuliidae. They are small, stocky, yellow to brown flies (3–4 mm). Very few species...
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  • Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory":...
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    midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes) Chironomoidea Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting...
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    Economic entomology Pineapple gall The term "black fly" is also used for the Simuliidae, among them the vector of river blindness. Dairying ants also milk mealybugs...
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    midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes) Chironomoidea Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting...
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    PMID 30373823. Braverman, Y. Nematocera (Ceratopogonidae, Psychodidae, Simuliidae and Culicidae) and control methods Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 1994...
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    lack an ovipositor entirely and give birth to live young.) Black flies (Simuliidae) Horse-flies (Tabanidae) Deer flies/Yellow flies (Chrysops) Tsetse flies...
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    minute, dark flies (from 0.6 to 5 mm), generally similar to black flies (Simuliidae), but usually lacking the humped thorax characteristic of that family...
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  • generally as Twinn's black fly, is a species of black fly in the family Simuliidae. Other common names include the superfluous black fly and tubercled black...
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  • the inflated gnat, is a species of black flies, insects in the family Simuliidae. "Simulium fibrinflatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
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    Ceratopogonidae (Biting midges) Family Psychodidae (Sandflies) Family Simuliidae (Black-flies) suborder Brachycera Family Tabanidae (Horse-flies) Family...
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  • Ammons haunting case (category Simuliidae)
    The Ammons haunting case, also known as the Demon House, is a purported haunting and demonic possession which occurred in Gary, Indiana, in 2011. Latoya...
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    (1978). "Efficiency of filter feeding of black fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 56 (7): 1608–1623. Bibcode:1978CaJZ.....
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    midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes) Chironomoidea Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting...
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