Araucnephia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia:Simuliidae
Subfamilia: Simuliinae
Tribus: Prosimuliini
Genus: Araucnephia
References

Pessoa, F.A.C.; Ríos-Velásquez, C.M.; Py-Daniel, V. 2012: A new species of Araucnephia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Zootaxa 3343: 31–44. Preview Reference page.

Araucnephia is a genus of South American black flies from Chile and Argentina. There are only 2 known species.[1]
Species

A. iberaensis Coscarón & Coscarón-Arias, 2002[2]
A. montana (Philippi, 1865)

Literature cited

Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109.
S Coscarón, CL Coscarón-Arias (2002). "Araucnephia iberaensis n. sp., a Neotropical Black Fly with a Peculiar Distribution (Diptera-Simuliidae)" (PDF). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro. 97 (1): 81–87. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762002000100013. ISSN 1678-8060. PMID 11992153. Retrieved 2009-03-24.