Simulium

Simulium is a genus of flies in the family black flies. They visit flowers of Garlic Mustard, Pleurostylia leucocarpa, and Stillingia lineata lineata.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen 1804)
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen 1804)
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Chironomidae (midges)
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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oligocene epoch
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Oligocene
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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cave
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000067
- Definition: Naturally formed, subterranean open area or chamber.
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has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Invertebrate iridescent virus 22
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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9
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande (Garlic Mustard)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Simulium. View this species on GBIF

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