| Prosimuliini | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
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| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Simuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Simuliinae |
| Tribe: |
Prosimuliini Latreille, 1802 |
| Type genus | |
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Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 |
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| Genera | |
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See text. |
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| Synonyms | |
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See text.
Prosimuliini is a tribe of black flies. It contains 136 living species, mostly in the genus Prosimulium. There are 6 living genera, and 2 genera that are only known from Cretaceous fossils.