| Prosimuliini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
| Tribe: | Prosimuliini Latreille, 1802 |
| Type genus | |
| Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
