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Nematocera

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Nem`a`toc´e`ra
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; - called also Nemocera.
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Noun1.Nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
suborder Nematocera
animal order - the order of animals
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
Culicidae, family Culicidae - mosquitoes
Ceratopogonidae, family Ceratopogonidae - biting midges; sand flies
Chironomidae, family Chironomidae - midges
family Mycetophylidae, Mycetophilidae - fungus gnats
family Psychodidae, Psychodidae - very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
family Sciaridae, Sciaridae - fungus gnats
family Tipulidae, Tipulidae - crane flies
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For the swarming, flying and biting members of the family Nematocera there is no such thing as anticipation or deferred rewards.
Sound-bitten by a big gnat by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Mae'n perthyn i Is-urdd y Nematocera - a phry-fetach eraill sy'n perthyn i'r un grwp ydi'r mosgitos, y pryfaid duon a chwiws (midges).
Dim byd i w ofni gan y pry teiliwr; BYD NATUR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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