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Family Nymphomyiidae

tiny larva - Nymphomyia larva - Nymphomyia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Family Nymphomyiidae
Explanation of Names
Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga 1932
Numbers
a single genus, with 2 spp. in our area and 8 total(1)(2)
Size
1.5-2.5 mm(1)
Identification
wings vestigial, long-fringed, almost feather-like, antennae clubbed; adults shed wings; larvae look like small midge larvae with 8 long prolegs(3)
Range
in our area, ne. NA (NB-ME-QC)(1); other spp. in e. Asia (Japan, Himalaya, Russian Far East)(3)
Habitat
larvae in moss in small streams; adults underwater(3)
Life Cycle
female lays eggs underwater; they remain attached to her until she dies(3)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
3.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 13 March, 2008 - 7:53am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 12:46am

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