Simulium erythrocephalum (De Geer, 1776)
(a blackfly)

Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSimulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly)
GenusSimulium (a genus of blackflies)
FamilySIMULIIDAE (blackflies)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Crosskey, R.W. 2005 A perspective on anthropophily in British blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae) with keys to the identification of the culprit species Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 29-58.

Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2 images of Simulium erythrocephalum (a blackfly)
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