''Parasimulium'' is a
genus
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of
black flies containing two
subgenera
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betwee ...
and four
species
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.
They are found in western
North America.
Most species are rare, and some
Canadian
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species are cave dwellers.
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Species
* Subgenus ''
Astoneomyia''
Peterson, 1977
:* ''
P. melanderi''
Stone, 1963
* Subgenus ''
Parasimulium''
Malloch, 1914
:* ''
P. crosskeyi''
Peterson, 1977
:* ''
P. furcatum''
Malloch, 1914
:* ''
P. stonei''
Peterson, 1977
Literature cited
Simuliidae
Chironomoidea genera
Taxa named by John Russell Malloch
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