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| Nematocera- Culicidae (Mosquitos) |
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| Nematocera- Simuliidae (Black Fly) |
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| Nematocera- Tipulidae (Crane Fly) |
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| Nematocera-Chaoboridae (Phantom Midge) |
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| Nematocera- Blephariceridae (Net-winged midges) |
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| Nematocera- Chironomidae (Midge) |
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| Brachycera- Athericidae (watersnape fly) |
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-Fused head and thorax
-6 body segments each with single midventral sucker |
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-Prothoracic and posterior prolegs
-some colored bright red because of hemoglobin respiratory pigments allowing them to live in O2 deficient habitats |
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-Legless body with gas filled hydrostatic organs for boyancy
-predatory with modified raptorial antennae |
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-Fused, expanded or enlarged thoracic segments
-respiratory siphons and waterproof setae surrounding spiracle, breaks surface tension and keeps water from entering trachea |
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-Head capsule incomplete posteriorly and retractable into prothorax
-end of abdomen with spiracular disc surrounded by fleshy lobes |
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-body shaped like ten pin, swollen posteriorly, ending in attachment disk
-produce silk
-Labral fans expand into water current and filter food |
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-Predaceous
-Paired ventral prolegs with crochets(hooks)
-single median proleg and pair of divergent fringed appendages on abdominal segment 8 |
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-Long Antennae
-Primitive flies
-Larvae with sclerotized head capsule
-Mandibles with teeth, lateral movement |
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-Short antennae
-Larvae with reduced head capsule
-Mandibles (Mouth hooks) move vertically like fangs |
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| Modified metathoracic wings which function as sensory structures acting as stabilizers for balance and equilibrium |
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