Integrated taxonomy of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) reveals unexpected diversity in the most arid ecosystem of Europe.
The family Simuliidae includes more than 2000 species of black flies worldwide.Their morphological uniformity creates difficulty for species identification, which limits our knowledge of their ecology and vectorial role.We investigated the systematics of black flies in a semi-arid area of the Iberian Peninsula, an ecologically harsh environment for