Simulium (unidentified)
(Unidentified Simulium Blackflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedSimulium (unidentified) (Unidentified Simulium Blackflies)
GenusSimulium (a genus of blackflies)
FamilySIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Simulium (unidentified) (Unidentified Simulium Blackflies) :
1: Simulium (unidentified) (Unidentified Simulium Blackflies)
18 Mar 1978 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Larvae, on plants in outflow of small sluice
Image 1: Larvae feeding - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Larvae feeding - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 3: Larvae feeding - in situ - enlarged (3)
2: Simulium (unidentified) (Unidentified Simulium Blackflies)
13 Mar 1977 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Larvae, on Potamogeton in stream
Image 1: Larva - highly enlargedImage 2: Larva - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Larva - head - magnifiedImage 4: Larva - magnifiedImage 5: Larva - magnified (2)

Simulium (unidentified) (Unidentified Simulium Blackflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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