Suborder

Nematocera (Nematoceran flies)

Contarinia pseudotsugae. Photo: (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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The Nematocera (thread-horns) are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and midges.

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Subtaxa

Infraorder: Tipulomorpha (Crane flies)

Infraorder: Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and midges)

Infraorder: Bibionomorpha (Gnats and allies)

Family: Ptychopteridae (Phantom crane flies)

Where in Humboldt

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