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Simuliidae

Known as: Black Flies, Blackflies, Fly, Black 
Several species of the genus Simulium (family Simuliidae) that act as intermediate hosts (vectors) for the parasitic disease ONCHOCERCIASIS.
National Institutes of Health

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Simulium genus

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The Mitochondrial Genome of the Entomoparasitic Green Alga Helicosporidium
Background Helicosporidia are achlorophyllous, non-photosynthetic protists that are obligate parasites of invertebrates. Highly… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Towards the elimination of onchocerciasis
Abstract Human onchocerciasis is a severely disabling filarial disease that is endemic in 28 African countries, six Latin… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Insecticidal bacteria: an overwhelming success for invertebrate pathology.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Phylogeography of the black fly Simulium tani (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand as inferred from mtDNA sequences
Intraspecific phylogeography has been used widely as a tool to infer population history. However, little attention has been paid… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mosquitocidal bacterial toxins: diversity, mode of action and resistance phenomena.
Bacteria active against dipteran larvae (mosquitoes and black flies) include a wide variety of Bacillus thuringiensis and B… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Predator-prey interactions in a benthic stream community: a field test of flow-mediated refuges
Abstract Ecological theory suggests that the impact of predation can be strongly modified by the existence of regions of the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Antibody-mediated inhibition of Aedes aegypti midgut trypsins blocks sporogonic development of Plasmodium gallinaceum
The peritrophic matrix (PM) that forms around a blood meal is a potential barrier of Plasmodium development in mosquitoes… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Bacterial control of mosquitoes and black flies: biochemistry, genetics and applications of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus.
Part 1 Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis(B.t.i.): discovery of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Joel Margalit… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Life cycles of benthic insects in Lapland streams (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Diptera Simuliidae)
A large material of larvae and nymphs of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Diptera Simuliidae from lotic biotopes in… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Microdistribution of benthic species (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Diptera: Simuliidae) in Lapland streams
At three localities in central Swedish Lapland (approx. 660N, 16'E), areas of stream bottom were mapped with regard to depth… 
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