Primitive flies with filimentous, multisegmented antennae.
Diptera Classification: Nematocera
Bob Copeland, an entomologist living in Kenya, provided the following explanation for this amazing phenomenon:
Diptera Classification: Chaoboridae; Chironomidae; Culicidae; Diptera; Nematocera
Scientific Names link to FLYTREE Sequencing Progress Database, and *taxon page* links to the EDIT Diptera Site taxon pages; additional taxon-specific links to Index to Organism Names (ION), Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), and other informative sites.
Diptera Classification: Acroceridae; Acrosathe novella; Agromyzidae; Anisopodidae; Anopheles gambiae; Anthomyiidae; Arachnocampa flava; Asilidae; Asiloidea; Asilus crabroniformis; Bibio longipes; Bibionidae; Bibionomorpha; Blephariceridae; Blephariceromorpha; Bombyliidae; Bombylius major; Brachycera; Bradysia tilicola; Calliphoridae; Carnoidea; Cecidomyiidae; Chamaepsila hennigi; Chironomidae; Chironomus tepperi; Chloropidae; Clogmia albipunctata; Coboldia fuscipes; Cochliomyia macellaria; Conopidae; Conopoidea; Culicidae; Culicomorpha; Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni; Delia radicum; Diopsidae; Diopsoidea; Diptera; Drosophilidae; Edwardsina gigantea; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydroidea; Exeretonevra angustifrons; Glossina morsitans; Glossinidae; Haematopota pluvialis; Hermetia illucens; incertae sedis; Keroplatidae; Lauxaniidae; Lauxanioidea; Lonchoptera uniseta; Lonchopteridae; Mayetiola destructor; Musca domestica; Muscidae; Nematocera; Nemestrinoidea; Nymphomyia dolichopeza; Nymphomyiidae; Ogcodes basalis; Opomyzoidea; Oreogeton; Oreogeton scopifer; Phoridae; Physocephala marginata; Phytomyza ilicicola; Platypezoidea; Protoplasa fitchii; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Psychodomorpha; Sarcophagidae; Scathophagidae; Scatophaga stercoraria; Scatopsidae; Sciaridae; Sciomyzoidea; Sepsidae; Sepsis cynipsea; Sphaeroceridae; Sphaeroceroidea; Stratiomyidae; Stratiomyomorpha; Sylvicola fenestralis; Syrphidae; Syrphoidea; Tabanidae; Tabanomorpha; Tachinidae; Tanyderidae; Tephritidae; Tephritoidea; Thaumatomyia notata; Therevidae; Tipulidae; Tipulomorpha; Trichocera brevicornis; Trichoceridae; Xylophagidae; Xylophagomorpha
Image Galleries: Empididae; Empidoidea
Diptera Classification: Acalyptratae; Acartophthalmidae; Acroceridae; Agromyzidae; Anisopodidae; Anthomyiidae; Anthomyzidae; Apioceridae; Apsilocephalidae; Apystomyiidae; Asilidae; Asiloidea; Asteiidae; Atelestidae; Athericidae; Aulacigastridae; Australimyzidae; Austroleptidae; Axymyiidae; Axymyiomorpha; Bibionidae; Bibionomorpha; Blephariceridae; Blephariceromorpha; Bolitophilidae; Bombyliidae; Brachycera; Brachystomatidae; Braulidae; Calliphoridae; Calyptratae; Camillidae; Canacidae; Canthyloscelidae; Carnidae; Carnoidea; Cecidomyiidae; Celyphidae; Ceratopogonidae; Chamaemyiidae; Chaoboridae; Chironomidae; Chloropidae; Chyromyidae; Clusiidae; Coelopidae; Conopidae; Conopoidea; Corethrellidae; Cryptochetidae; Ctenostylidae; Culicidae; Culicomorpha; Curtonotidae; Cylindrotomidae; Cypselosomatidae; Deuterophlebiidae; Diadocidiidae; Diastatidae; Diopsidae; Diopsoidea; Diptera; Ditomyiidae; Dixidae; Dolichopodidae; Drosophilidae; Dryomyzidae; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydridae; Ephydroidea; Eurychoromyiidae; Evocoidae; Fanniidae; Fergusoninidae; Glossinidae; Gobryidae; Helcomyzidae; Heleomyzidae; Helosciomyzidae; Hesperinidae; Heterocheilidae; Hilarimorphidae; Hippoboscidae; Homalocnemiidae; Huttoninidae; Hybotidae; incertae sedis; Ironomyiidae; Iteaphila group; Keroplatidae; Lauxaniidae; Lauxanioidea; Limoniidae; Lonchaeidae; Lonchopteridae; Lygistorrhinidae; Marginidae; Megamerinidae; Micropezidae; Milichiidae; Mormotomyiidae; Muscidae; Mycetophilidae; Mydidae; Mystacinobiidae; Mythicomyiidae; Nannodastiidae; Nematocera; Nemestrinidae; Neminidae; Neriidae; Nerioidea; Neurochaetidae; Nothybidae; Nymphomyiidae; Odiniidae; Oestridae; Opetiidae; Opomyzidae; Opomyzoidea; Oreogeton; Oreoleptidae; Pachyneuridae; Pallopteridae; Panthophthalmidae; Pediciidae; Periscelididae; Perissommatidae; Phaeomyiidae; Phoridae; Phoroidea; Piophilidae; Pipunculidae; Platypezidae; Platystomatidae; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Psychodomorpha; Ptychopteridae; Ptychopteromorpha; Pyrgotidae; Rangomaramidae; Rhagionidae; Rhiniidae; Rhinophoridae; Richardiidae; Ropalomeridae; Sarcophagidae; Scathophagidae; Scatopsidae; Scenopinidae; Schizophora; Sciaridae; Sciomyzidae; Sciomyzoidea; Sepsidae; Simuliidae; Somatiidae; Spaniidae; Sphaeroceridae; Sphaeroceroidea; Stratiomyidae; Stratiomyomorpha; Strongylophthalmyiidae; Syringogastridae; Syrphidae; Tabanidae; Tabanomorpha; Tachinidae; Tachiniscidae; Tanyderidae; Tanypezidae; Tephritidae; Tephritoidea; Teratomyzidae; Thaumaleidae; Therevidae; Tipulidae; Tipulomorpha; Trichoceridae; Ulidiidae; Vermileonidae; Xenasteiidae; Xylomyidae; Xylophagidae