Summary description from Wikipedia:

Simuliidae in languages:

Belarusian

Мошкі

Bokmål

knott

Chinese

山蚋科

Czech

muchničkovití

Dutch

Kriebelmuggen

English

Black Flies

English

Blackflies

Estonian

Kihulased

Finnish

mäkärät

French

Simulies

German

Kriebelmücken

Hungarian

Cseszlék

Japanese

ブユ科

Korean

먹파리과

Māori

Namu Poto

Polish

Meszkowate

Portuguese

Borrachudos

Russian

Мошки

Swedish

knott

Ukrainian

Мошкові

Ukrainian

Мошки

Ukrainian

Кумликові

Ukrainian

Кусюки

Ukrainian

Симуліїди

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Parent Taxon

• Diptera

Sibling Taxa

• Ceratopogonidae
• Chironomidae
• Simuliidae
• Thaumaleidae

Child Taxa

• Araucnephioides
• Austrocnephia
• Austrosimulium
• Cnephia
• Ectemnia
• Gigantodax
• Greniera
• Gymnopais
• Helodon
• Mayacnephia
• Metacnephia
• Paracnephia
• Parasimulium
• Paraustrosimulium
• Prosimulium
• Simulium
• Stegopterna
• Tlalocomyia
• Twinnia
• Wilhelmia

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• Columbia
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• Ottawa
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• Germantown
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• Abington