Simuliidae

Checklist of Alberta Simuliidae (black flies)
From: Currie, D.C. 1986. An Annotated List of and Keys to the Immature Black Flies of Alberta (Diptera: Simuliidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 134. 90 pp. back to home page
SIMULIINAE
Prosimuliini
Cnephia Enderlein, 1921
dacotensis (Dyar and Shannon, 1927)
Ectemnia Enderlein, 1930
invenusta (Walker, 1848)
taeniatifrons (Enderlein, 1925)
Gymnopais Stone, 1949
dichopticoides Wood, 1978
Mayacnephia Wygodzinsky and Coscaron, 1973
species X Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
(Distosimulium) Peterson, 1970
pleurale Malloch, 1914
(Helodon) Enderlein, 1921
albertense Peterson and Depner, 1972
onychodactylum Dyar and Shannon, 1927 [complex]
susanae Peterson, 1970
(Parahelodon) Peterson, 1970
decemarticulatum (Twinn, 1936) [complex]
gibsoni (Twinn, 1936) [complex]
(Prosimulium) Roubaud, 1906
esselbaughi Sommerman, 1964
exigens Dyar and Shannon, 1927
formosum Shewell, 1959
frohnei Sommerman, 1958
fulvum (Coquillett, 1902)
travisi Stone, 1952
Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
mutata (Malloch, 1914) [complex]
Twinnia Stone and Jamnback, 1955
nova (Dyar and Shannon, 1927)
Simuliini
Metacnephia Crosskey, 1969
pallipes (Fries, 1824) [complex]
saskatchewana (Shewell and Fredeen, 1958)
villosa (DeFoliart and Peterson, 1960)
Simulium Latreille, 1802
(Byssodon) Enderlein, 1925
meridionale Riley, 1887
(Eusimulium) Roubaud, 1906
anatinum Wood, 1963
aureum Fries, 1824 [complex]
baffinense Twinn, 1936
canonicolum (Dyar and Shannon, 1927)
croxtoni Nicholson and Mickel, 1950
duplex Shewell and Fredeen, 1958
euryadminiculum Davies, 1949
furculatum (Shewell, 1952)
pugetense (Dyar and Shannon, 1927)
vernum Macquart, 1826 [complex]
(Parabvssodon) Rubtsov, 1964
transiens Rubtsov, 1940
(Phosterodoros) Stone and Snoddy, 1969
jenningsi Malloch, 1914
luggeri Nicholson and Mickel, 1950 [complex]
(Psilopelmia) Enderlein, 1934
bivittatum Malloch, 1914
griseum Coquillett, 1898
(Psilozia) Enderlein, 1936
vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838 [complex]
(Shewellomyia) Peterson, 1975
longistylatum Shewell, 1959
(Simulium) Latreille, 1802
arcticum Malloch, 1914 [complex]
corbis Twinn, 1936 [complex]
decorum Walker, 1848 [complex]
defoliarti Stone and Peterson, 1958
hunteri Malloch, 1914
malyschevi Dorogostaisky, Rubtsov, and Viasenko, 1935
piperi Dyar and Shannon, 1927
rugglesi Nicholson and Mickel, 1950
tuberosum (Lundstrom, 1911) [complex]
venustum Say, 1823 [complex]
verecundum Stone and Jamnback, 1955 [complex]

SPECIES THAT MAY OCCUR IN ALBERTA
Greniera Doby and David, 1959
denaria (Davies, Peterson, and Wood, 1962) [B.C.]
Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906
(Prosimulium) Roubaud, 1906
dicum Dyar and Shannon, 1927 [B.C.]
Twinnia Stone and Jamnback, 1955
hirticornis Wood, 1978 [B.C., Montana]
Simulium Latreille, 1802
(Eusimulium) Roubaud, 1906
bicorne Dorogostaiskv, Rubtsov, and Vlasenko, 1935 [complex] [B.C.]
excisum Davies, Peterson, and Wood, 1962 [B.C.]
(Simulium) Latreille, 1802
nigricoxum Stone, 1952 [N.W.T., B.C.?]

QUESTIONABLE RECORDS IN THE LITERATURE
Stegopterna Enderlein, 1930
emergens (Stone, 1952) [Abdelnur, 1968]
Simulium Latreille, 1802
(Psilozia) Enderlein, 1936
argus Williston, 1893 [Stone, l965]
(Shewellomyia) Peterson, 1975
pictipes Hagen, 1880 [Strickland, 1938; Abdelnur 1968]