Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906

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Genus Prosimulium Roubaud

Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906: 519-521 (as subgenus of Simulium ).

Type species: Simulia hirtipes Fries, 1824: 17-18 , designated by Malloch 1914: 16.

Hellichia Enderlein, 1925: 203-204 (as genus).

Type species: Hellichia latifrons Enderlein, 1925: 204 (= Melusina macropyga Lundstrom, 1911: 20-21 ), by original designation.

Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925: 203 (as genus).

Type species: Melusina macropyga Lundstrom, 1911: 20-21 , by original designation.

Mallochella Enderlein, 1930: 84 (preoccupied) (as genus).

Type species: Mallochella sibirica Enderlein, 1930: 84 (= Simulia hirtipes Fries, 1824: 17-18 ), by original designation.

Mallochianella Vargas & Diaz Najera, 1948: 67 (substitute name for Mallochella Enderlein , same type species).

Piezosimulium Peterson, 1989: 317-318 (as genus).

Type species: Piezosimulium jeanninae Peterson, 1989: 317- 330 (= Prosimulium neomacropyga Peterson, 1970: 134-139 ), by original designation.

Diagnosis for genus (modified from Uemoto et al., 1973 and Adler et al., 2004)

Pupa: Gill of 9 or more filaments. Thoracic trichomes unbranched. Abdominal segment IX with a dorsal pair of long terminal spines. Cocoon with loose to densely woven sleeve, lacking definite shape (amorphous).

Larva: Basal two segments of antenna pale, distal segment darkly pigmented. Postgenal cleft variable, typically truncated or rounded apically. Median tooth of hypostoma trifid. Prothoracic proleg with each lateral sclerite broad, vertical portion well developed. Rectal papillae with 3 simple lobes.