Simuliidae
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/686387A0-FF11-FF77-5889-FF1BFD656064 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Simuliidae |
status |
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Simuliidae View in CoL View at ENA
This worldwide family of Culicomorpha contains more than 2,100 species ( Evenhuis & Pape 2020). Rondani (1863) described one species from Chile, currently considered as valid ( Vulcano 1967, Adler 2020). We could not locate any type material and presume that it has been lost.
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