Suborder
Nematocera (Nematoceran flies)
Phoroctenia vittata. Photo: (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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.