Suborder
Nematocera (Nematoceran flies)
Cramptonomyia spenceri. Photo: (c) NatureGuy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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.