NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 71 subtaxa 614 images 47 ident. refs
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Infraorder 39 subtaxa 197 images 54 ident. refs
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Infraorder 15 subtaxa 109 images 17 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 4 subtaxa 39 images 5 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 89 subtaxa 932 images 65 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Papp, L. & Darvas, B. 1997 Palaearctic Diptera Vol 2: Nematocera and Lower Brachycera Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Vol 2, 592pp, Science Herald, Budapest
Séguy, E. 1940 *** Diptéres Nematocères (Fungivoridae, Lycoriidae, Hesperinidae, Bibionidae, Scatopsidae, Phrynidae, Pachyneuridae, Blepharoceridae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 36, 368pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 434 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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