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Definition of Family Simuliidae
1. Noun. Blackflies and sand flies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Genus Simulium, Simulium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Simuliidae
Literary usage of Family Simuliidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"To the family Simuliidae belong the tiny bloodsucking flies commonly called
buffalo gnats, black flies, sand flies and turkey gnats. ..."
2. Aquatic Insects in New York State by James George Needham (1903)
"Lugger^ Structural characters There is but one genus of the family Simuliidae,
Simulium, which possesses the characters of the family. ..."
3. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"These small insects, which constitute the family Simuliidae, are quite unlike
the other flies of the group to which they belong. ..."
4. Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Pellagra: Second by Meeting (1914)
"... you will recall he obtained many striking facts that seemed to show a relationship
between pellagra and certain biting insects of the family simuliidae. ..."
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