title: FAMILY SIMULIIDAE.
abstract: This catalogue presents 70 species distributed in two genera for Colombia: Gigantodax with 5 groups, and Simulium with 6 subgenera and 17 groups. Three species are recorded for the first time: Gigantodax vulcanius, G. gracilis, and Simulium pautense, and the distributional range is expanded to S.ochraceum, S. paynei, S. metallicum, and S. callidum.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Entomologia, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín-Colombia.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marta I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sistematica y Biogeografía, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga Colombia.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Daniel Rafael
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Miranda-Esquivel
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Email: limoncadaa@unal.edu.co.
authors.forename: Ligia Ines
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Moncada-Alvarez
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002377:Catalogs as Topic; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology