The PEDIGREE of
Simulium yahense

     (several other species of Simulium also serve as vectors for river blindness)

 "Child(ren)":       River Blindness DISEASE
 poss. "Partner(s)":       Onchocerca volvulus
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/-- Epiclass Hexapoda   +====> [ 81]
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Supraorder Mercopteroidae (Flies, Moths, etc.)
/-- Order Diptera (true flies)
/-- Suborder Nematocera (Gnats etc.)
/-- Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes, Black Flies, etc.)
/-- Superfamily Chironomoidea (Black flies, solitary midges, biting & nonbiting midges)
/-- Family Simuliidae (Black flies & Buffalo gnats)
/-- Subfamily Simuliinae
/-- Tribe Simuliini
/-- Genus Simulium (Black flies)
/-- Subgenus Simulium
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- Simulium yahense
 

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