Overview
Blephariceromorpha is an of Nematoceran flies, including three families associated with fast-flowing, high mountain streams, where the larvae can be found.
One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into two infraorders, and removes the Nymphomyiidae to its own suborder, but this has not gained wide acceptance.
Taxonomy
The Infraorder Blephariceromorpha is a member of the Suborder Nematocera. Here is the complete "parentage" of Blephariceromorpha:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder: Nematocera
- a genus of Flies (Diptera)
- Infraorder: Blephariceromorpha
- Suborder: Nematocera
- a genus of Flies (Diptera)
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Infraorder Blephariceromorpha is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (3): Blephariceridae · Deuterophlebiidae · Nymphomyiidae
Families
Blephariceridae
Blephariceridae, commonly known as Net-winged midges, are a family in the order Diptera. The adults resemble crane flies except with a projecting anal angle in the wings, and different head shape, absence of the V on the mesonotum, and more laterally outstretched forward facing legs. They are uncommon, but there are dozens of genera worldwide, and over 200 species. [more]
Deuterophlebiidae
Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges are a small family of nematoceran Diptera. Adults have broad, fan-shaped wings, and males have extremely long antennae which they employ when contesting territories over running water, waiting for females to hatch. Larvae occur in swiftly-flowing streams and are easily recognized by their forked antennae and the prolegs on the abdomen. [more]
Nymphomyiidae
The Nymphomyiidae are a of slender, delicate flies (Diptera). Larvae are found among aquatic mosses in small, rapid streams in northern regions of the world. Many fossil species and a few extant species are known. Under an alternative classification, they are considered the only living representatives of a separate, archaic suborder called "Archidiptera". [more]
At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Family Nymphomyiidae.
More info about the Family Nymphomyiidae may be found here.
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