Deuterophlebia

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 over running water, waiting for females to hatch.[2] Larvae occur in swiftly flowing streams and are easily recognized by their forked antennae and the prolegs on the abdomen.

Deuterophlebia
Deuterophlebia mirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Deuterophlebiomorpha
Family: Deuterophlebiidae
Edwards, 1922
Genus: Deuterophlebia
Edwards, 1922[1]
Species
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One classification places this family in its own infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha, but this has not gained wide acceptance.[3] A recent phylogeny of the entire order Diptera places them as the sister group to all other flies.[4]

Species

Catalogue of Life accepts the following species within Deuterophlebia:[5]

  • Deuterophlebia bicarinata Courtney, 1994
  • Deuterophlebia blepharis 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 Wirth, 1951
  • Deuterophlebia tyosenensis Kitakami, 1938
  • Deuterophlebia vernalis Courtney, 1990

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