Biodiversity of the Simuliidae family
Instituto Federal Goiânia, Biology, Parasitology, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Review
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2022, 04(01), 001–012.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2022.4.1.0071
Publication history:
Received on 17 November 2021; revised on 29 December 2021; accepted on 31 December 2021
Abstract:
Simuliidae belong to the order Diptera, suborder Nematocera, Infraorder Culicomorpha, Superfamily Chironomoidea, and Family Simuliidae. They are known as “borrachudo” or “pium” in Brazil and as “black flies” in English-speaking countries. This study objective to report the characteristics of the Family Simuliidae. The research was carried out in studies related to quantitative aspects of the Family, Subfamily and Species (taxonomic groups) and conceptual aspects such as: biology, geographical distribution, species, life cycle, damage, economic importance, medicinal importance, biological aspects, and reproduction. A literature search was carried out containing articles published from 1950 to 2021. The mini-review was prepared in Goiânia, Goiás, from September to October 2021, through the Portal of Scientific Journals in Health Sciences, Pubmed, Online Scientific Library (Scielo), internet, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Frontiers, Biological Abstract, Publons, Qeios, Dialnet, World, Wide Science, Springer, RefSeek, Microsoft Academic, Science, ERIC, Science Research.com, SEEK education, Periodicals CAPES, Google Academic, Bioline International and VADLO.
Keywords:
Geographical distribution; Species; Life cycle; Damage; Economic; Medicinal importance
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