Ditomyiidae

picture info	Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera ''Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 ''Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 ''Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 ''Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 ''Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...) References Nemato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyiidae Wing Veins The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and '' Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera '' Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 '' Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) '' Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 '' Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 '' Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 '' Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 '' Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ..., Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera ''Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 ''Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 ''Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 ''Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 ''Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...) References Nemato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyia ''Ditomyia'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' D. carinata'' Zaitzev, 1980 '' D. claripennis'' Saigusa, 1973 '' D. euzona'' Loew, 1870 '' D. fasciata'' ( Meigen, 1818) '' D. insularis'' Zaitzev, 1994 '' D. klimovae'' Zaitzev & Menzel, 1996 '' D. macroptera'' Winnertz, 1852 '' D. pilosella'' Statz, 1944 '' D. potomaca'' Fisher, 1941 '' D. spinifera'' Zaitzev, 1978 References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australosymmerus ''Australosymmerus'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae. Species '' A. aculeatus'' (Edwards, 1921) '' A. acutus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. anthostylus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. basalis'' (Tonnoir, 1927) '' A. bifasciatus'' ( Williston, 1900) '' A. bisetosus'' (Edwards, 1940) '' A. bivittatus'' (Freeman, 1951) '' A. bororo'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. collessi'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. confusus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. cornutus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. fumipennis'' (Tonnoir, 1927) '' A. fuscinervis'' (Edwards, 1921) '' A. guarani'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. guayanasi'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. imperfectus'' (Riek, 1954) '' A. incerta'' (Bigot, 1888) '' A. insolitus'' (Walker, 1836) '' A. lenkoi'' Lane, 1959 '' A. lobatus'' Munroe, 1974 ''A. maculatus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. magellani'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. magnificus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. minutus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. montorum'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. naevius'' Colless, 1970 '' A. nebulosus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. nitidus'' (Tonnoir, 1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nervijuncta ''Nervijuncta'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' N. bicolor'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. concinna'' Matile, 1988 '' N. conjuncta'' (Freeman, 1951) '' N. evenhuisi'' Matile, 1988 '' N. flavoscutellata'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. harrisi'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. hexachaeta'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. hudsoni'' (Marshall, 1896) '' N. laffooni'' Lane, 1952 '' N. longicauda'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. marshalli'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. nigrescens'' Marshall, 1896 '' N. nigricornis'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. nigricoxa'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. ostensackeni'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. parvicauda'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. pilicornis'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. pulchella'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. punctata'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. ruficeps'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmerus ''Symmerus'' is a genus of fungus gnats and gall midges in the family Ditomyiidae. There are about five described species in ''Symmerus''. Species '' S. akikoae'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. annulatus'' ( Meigen, 1830) '' S. antennalis'' Okada, 1936 '' S. balticus'' Edwards, 1921 '' S. brevicornis'' Okada, 1939 '' S. coqula'' Garrett, 1925 '' S. defectivus'' ( Loew, 1850) '' S. elongatus'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. fuscicaudatus'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. kubani'' Ševčik, 2000 '' S. latus'' Ostroverkhova, 1979 '' S. lautus'' ( Loew, 1870) '' S. nepalensis'' Munroe, 1974 '' S. nobilis'' Lackschewitz, 1937 '' S. pectinatus'' Saigusa, 1966 '' S. uncatus'' Munroe, 1974 '' S. vockerothi'' Munroe, 1974 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References External links Ditomyiidae Articles created by Qbugbot Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Neocrionisca ''Neocrionisca'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' N. collessi'' Papavero, 1977 References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rhipidita ''Rhipidita'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' R. fusca'' Edwards, 1940 '' R. nigra'' Lane, 1952 '' R. pectinata'' (Lane, 1946) References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Asioditomyia ''Asioditomyia'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' W .... Species '' A. japonica'' (Sasakawa, 1963) References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmerus Annulatus ''Symmerus annulatus'' is a species of fly in the family Ditomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ... .Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR'', Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. References Ditomyiidae Insects described in 1830 Nematoceran flies of Europe {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nematocera Families The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "short-horns"), which includes more commonly known species as housefly or the common fruit fly. Families in Nematocera include mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a multiple groups of families described as midges. The Nematocera typically have fairly long, fine, finely-jointed antennae. In many species, such as most mosquitoes, the female antennae are more or less threadlike, but the males have spectacularly plumose antennae. The larvae of most families of Nematocera are aquatic, either free-swimming, rock-dwelling, plant-dwelling, or luticolous. Some families however, are not aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. The term 'Palearctic' was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification. History In an 1858 paper for the ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society'', British zoologist Philip Sclater first identified six terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/ Afrotropic, Indian/ Indomalayan, Australasian, Nearctic, and Neotropical. The six indicated general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Alfred Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

picture info	Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera ''Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 ''Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 ''Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 ''Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 ''Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...) References Nemato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyiidae Wing Veins The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and '' Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera '' Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 '' Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) '' Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 '' Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 '' Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 '' Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 '' Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ..., Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 and ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 ''Ditomyia'' is found in Central Europe ''Symmerus'' in Northern Europe ''Symmerus'' is endemic to the Palaearctic. Genera ''Asioditomyia'' Saigusa, 1973 ''Australosymmerus'' (Freeman, 1951) ''Ditomyia'' Winnertz, 1846 ''Neocrionisca'' Papavero, 1977 ''Nervijuncta'' Marshall, 1896 ''Rhipidita'' Edwards, 1940 ''Symmerus'' Walker, 1848 '' Burmasymmerus'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...) References Nemato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ditomyia ''Ditomyia'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' D. carinata'' Zaitzev, 1980 '' D. claripennis'' Saigusa, 1973 '' D. euzona'' Loew, 1870 '' D. fasciata'' ( Meigen, 1818) '' D. insularis'' Zaitzev, 1994 '' D. klimovae'' Zaitzev & Menzel, 1996 '' D. macroptera'' Winnertz, 1852 '' D. pilosella'' Statz, 1944 '' D. potomaca'' Fisher, 1941 '' D. spinifera'' Zaitzev, 1978 References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australosymmerus ''Australosymmerus'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae. Species '' A. aculeatus'' (Edwards, 1921) '' A. acutus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. anthostylus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. basalis'' (Tonnoir, 1927) '' A. bifasciatus'' ( Williston, 1900) '' A. bisetosus'' (Edwards, 1940) '' A. bivittatus'' (Freeman, 1951) '' A. bororo'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. collessi'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. confusus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. cornutus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. fumipennis'' (Tonnoir, 1927) '' A. fuscinervis'' (Edwards, 1921) '' A. guarani'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. guayanasi'' (Lane, 1947) '' A. imperfectus'' (Riek, 1954) '' A. incerta'' (Bigot, 1888) '' A. insolitus'' (Walker, 1836) '' A. lenkoi'' Lane, 1959 '' A. lobatus'' Munroe, 1974 ''A. maculatus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. magellani'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. magnificus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. minutus'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. montorum'' Munroe, 1974 '' A. naevius'' Colless, 1970 '' A. nebulosus'' Colless, 1970 '' A. nitidus'' (Tonnoir, 1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nervijuncta ''Nervijuncta'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' N. bicolor'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. concinna'' Matile, 1988 '' N. conjuncta'' (Freeman, 1951) '' N. evenhuisi'' Matile, 1988 '' N. flavoscutellata'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. harrisi'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. hexachaeta'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. hudsoni'' (Marshall, 1896) '' N. laffooni'' Lane, 1952 '' N. longicauda'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. marshalli'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. nigrescens'' Marshall, 1896 '' N. nigricornis'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. nigricoxa'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. ostensackeni'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. parvicauda'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. pilicornis'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. pulchella'' Edwards, 1927 '' N. punctata'' Tonnoir, 1927 '' N. ruficeps'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmerus ''Symmerus'' is a genus of fungus gnats and gall midges in the family Ditomyiidae. There are about five described species in ''Symmerus''. Species '' S. akikoae'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. annulatus'' ( Meigen, 1830) '' S. antennalis'' Okada, 1936 '' S. balticus'' Edwards, 1921 '' S. brevicornis'' Okada, 1939 '' S. coqula'' Garrett, 1925 '' S. defectivus'' ( Loew, 1850) '' S. elongatus'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. fuscicaudatus'' Saigusa, 1973 '' S. kubani'' Ševčik, 2000 '' S. latus'' Ostroverkhova, 1979 '' S. lautus'' ( Loew, 1870) '' S. nepalensis'' Munroe, 1974 '' S. nobilis'' Lackschewitz, 1937 '' S. pectinatus'' Saigusa, 1966 '' S. uncatus'' Munroe, 1974 '' S. vockerothi'' Munroe, 1974 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References External links Ditomyiidae Articles created by Qbugbot Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Neocrionisca ''Neocrionisca'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' N. collessi'' Papavero, 1977 References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rhipidita ''Rhipidita'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe '' Ditomyia'' .... Species '' R. fusca'' Edwards, 1940 '' R. nigra'' Lane, 1952 '' R. pectinata'' (Lane, 1946) References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Asioditomyia ''Asioditomyia'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' W .... Species '' A. japonica'' (Sasakawa, 1963) References Ditomyiidae Sciaroidea genera {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmerus Annulatus ''Symmerus annulatus'' is a species of fly in the family Ditomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ... .Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR'', Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. References Ditomyiidae Insects described in 1830 Nematoceran flies of Europe {{Sciaroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nematocera Families The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "short-horns"), which includes more commonly known species as housefly or the common fruit fly. Families in Nematocera include mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a multiple groups of families described as midges. The Nematocera typically have fairly long, fine, finely-jointed antennae. In many species, such as most mosquitoes, the female antennae are more or less threadlike, but the males have spectacularly plumose antennae. The larvae of most families of Nematocera are aquatic, either free-swimming, rock-dwelling, plant-dwelling, or luticolous. Some families however, are not aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. The term 'Palearctic' was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification. History In an 1858 paper for the ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society'', British zoologist Philip Sclater first identified six terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/ Afrotropic, Indian/ Indomalayan, Australasian, Nearctic, and Neotropical. The six indicated general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Alfred Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]