The
fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
genus ''Deuterophlebia'' is the sole member of the small
monogeneric family Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges. 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
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
s and are easily recognized by their forked
antennae and the
prolegs on the abdomen.
One classification places this family in its own
infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha, but this has not gained wide acceptance. A recent phylogeny of the entire order Diptera places them as the sister group to all other flies.
Species
Catalogue of Life accepts the following species within ''Deuterophlebia:''
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Deuterophlebia bicarinata''
Courtney, 1994
* ''
Deuterophlebia blepharis
The fly genus ''Deuterophlebia'' is the sole member of the small monogeneric family Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges. Adults have broad, fan-shaped wings, and males have extremely long antennae which they employ when contesting territories o ...
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Courtney, 1994
* ''
Deuterophlebia brachyrhina''
Courtney, 1994
* ''
Deuterophlebia coloradensis''
Pennak, 1945
* ''
Deuterophlebia inyoensis''
Kennedy, 1960
* ''
Deuterophlebia mirabilis''
Edwards, 1922
* ''
Deuterophlebia nielsoni''
Kennedy, 1958
* ''
Deuterophlebia nipponica''
Kitakami, 1938
* ''
Deuterophlebia oporina''
Courtney, 1994
* ''
Deuterophlebia personata''
Courtney, 1990
* ''
Deuterophlebia sajanica''
Jedlička & Halgoš, 1981
* ''
Deuterophlebia shasta
''Deuterophlebia shasta'' is a species of mountain midge in the family Deuterophlebiidae.
References
Further reading
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Nematocera
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Wirth, 1951
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Deuterophlebia tyosenensis''
Kitakami, 1938
* ''
Deuterophlebia vernalis''
Courtney, 1990
References
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Photograph of larvaTree of Life Blephariceromorpha
Nematocera genera
Blephariceromorpha
Taxa named by Frederick Wallace Edwards
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