Translingual

Simulium yahense

Alternative forms

• Simulia

Proper noun

Simulium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Simuliidae – certain black flies transmitting diseases such as onchocerciasis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Simuliidae - family; Simuliinae - subfamily; Simuliini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Simulium colombaschense - type species; for the 41 subgenera see Simulium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; for the many validly named species see Roger W. Crosskey and Theresa M. Howard, A Revised Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory of World Blackflies (Diptera : Simuliidae), 2004, Natural History Museum (London) [pdf]