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Simulium

Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae

Taxonomy
Simulium was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tipulariae by Latreille (1802); and to Simuliidae by Meunier (1904), Aldrich (1905), Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Simulium Latreille p. 426
1904Simulia Meunier
1905Simulium Aldrich p. 168
1992Simulium Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilySimulioideaNewman 1834
familySimuliidae
genusSimulium

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Simulium Latreille 1802
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Subg. Simulium (Inseliellum) Rubtsov 1974
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†Simulium (Inseliellum) raivavaense Craig and Porch 2013
Simulium (Inseliellum) teruamanga Craig and Craig 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 30 to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Simulia sp. (123945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Norfolk) S. sp. (140307 140308 140309 140310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Austral Islands) S. raivavaense (143887) S. rurutuense (143894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands S. teruamanga (143888 143890)