Simulium tuberosum

Simulium tuberosum, known generally as Twinn's black fly, is a species of black fly in the family Simuliidae. Other common names include the superfluous black fly and tubercled black fly.^[1][2][3][4]

Simulium tuberosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Simuliidae
Genus:	Simulium
Species:	S. tuberosum
Binomial name
Simulium tuberosum (Lundstrom, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
Melusina tuberosa Lundstrom, 1911 Simulium perissum Dyar and Shannon, 1927 Simulium turmale Twinn, 1938 Simulium twinni Stains and Knowlton, 1940 Simulium vandalicum Dyar and Shannon, 1927