Simulium

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Simulia

Etymology

From Latin simulo (“to simulate; to mimic or copy”) +‎ -ium.

Coined by French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802.

Proper noun

Simulium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Simuliidae – certain black flies transmitting diseases such as onchocerciasis.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (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]

Descendants

• → French: simulie

Further reading

• Simulium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Simulium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Simulium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Simulium at BugGuide
• Simulium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Simulium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Simulium”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025