type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
Several species of the genus Simulium (family Simuliidae) that act as intermediate hosts (vectors) for the parasitic disease ONCHOCERCIASIS.
A genus, of sandflies of the family Simulidae, and the order Diptera. They are numerous in Europe and the tropics, and suck the blood of many animals as well as that of man, causing papules on the exposed portions of the body of the latter.