Family Simuliidae Newman 1834 (black fly)
PaleoDB taxon number: 138362
Parent taxon: Chironomoidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Anisinodus, Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae
Subtaxa: Gymnopaidinae, Inseliellum, Kovalevimyiinae, Nevermannia, Simuliinae, Simuliites, Simulimima, Simulium
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