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"Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)

Classification · Other Common Names · Identification · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Phanton Cranefly - Bittacomorpha clavipes Mosquito - Feeding Sequence - Aedes vexans - female Cranefly - Nephrotoma Moth Fly - Telmatoscopus Midge? - male March Fly - male Dark-winged fungus gnat? small fly
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)
Other Common Names
Long-horned flies
Identification
The most distinctive identification feature is the antennae which have 6 or more segments. Most have long and slender antennae, which in some families can be highly plumose. Other families have short, thick antennae (eg. the march flies - Bibionidae (1)). Most of the flies in this group have slender bodies and long, narrow wings.
Remarks
This group contains the most "primitive" fly families, and is paraphyletic to the rest of the flies. It contains the very diverse crane fly families (Tipuloidea (2),(3),(4)), along with several families of blood-feeding flies, such as the mosquitoes (Culicidae (5)), black flies (Simuliidae), and no-see-ums (Ceratopogonidae). Infraorder arrangement based on Tree of Life.
Internet References
Tree of Life
Works Cited
1.March Flies
2.Crane Flies
3.Limoniid Crane Flies
4.Pediciid Crane Flies
5.Mosquitoes
Contributed by Joel Kits on 14 April, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless
Last updated 13 March, 2008 - 7:23pm

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