| Deuterophlebia | |
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| Deuterophlebia mirabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Deuterophlebiomorpha |
| Family: | Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922 |
| Genus: | Deuterophlebia Edwards, 1922[1] |
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Deuterophlebia, also known asmountain midges are a genus of flies that are the sole living members of the smallfamilyDeuterophlebiidae. Adults have broad, fan-shapedwings, 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 flowingstreams and are easily recognized by their forkedantennae and theprolegs on the abdomen.
One classification places this family in its owninfraorderDeuterophlebiomorpha, 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]
Fossil members of the family are known from the mid-CretaceousBurmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 100 million years ago.[5]
Species of the genus are known from Afghanistan, Kashmir, Northeast India, China, Japan, Korea, Eastern Siberia, and western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado.[5]
Catalogue of Life accepts the following species withinDeuterophlebia:[6]
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