Prosimuliini

Prosimuliini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Simuliidae
Subfamily:	Simuliinae
Tribe:	Prosimuliini; Latreille, 1802
Type genus
	Prosimulium; Roubaud, 1906
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Hellichiini Enderlein, 1925; Gymnopaidinae Rubtsov, 1955; Helodoini Ono, 1982; Kovalevimyiinae Kalugina, 1991;

Prosimuliini is a tribe of black flies. It contains over 140 living species, with more than a half of them in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.[1]

Living genera

Gymnopais Stone, 1949
Helodon Enderlein, 1921
- Sub genus Distosimulium Peterson, 1970
- Sub genus Helodon Enderlein, 1921
- Sub genus Parahelodon Peterson, 1970
Levitinia Chubareva & Petrova, 1981
Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
Twinnia Stone & Jamnback, 1955
Urosimulium Contini, 1963

Fossil genera

Kovalevimyia Kalugina, 1991
Simulimima Kalugina, 1985

Literature cited

Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)