Simulium africanum Gibbins, 1934 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Diptera family Simuliidae genus Simulium species Simulium africanum Name Synonyms Simulium trimicrosphaerae Fain, Bafort & Silberstein, 1976 Homonyms Simulium africanum Gibbins, 1934