Simulium
Translingual
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin simulans (“feigning”) + -ium.
Proper noun
editSimulium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Simuliidae – certain black flies transmitting diseases such as onchocerciasis.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Simuliidae - family; Simuliinae - subfamily; Simuliini - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (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]
Further reading
edit- Simulium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Simulium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Simulium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Simulium at BugGuide
- Simulium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Simulium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Simulium at Paleobiology Database