2. SUBORDER : NEMATOCERA
FAMILIES
• TIPULIDAE - Crane flies
• PSYCHODIDAE - Moths , sand flies
• CULICIDAE - Mosquitoes
• BIBIONIDAE - March flies , love bugs
• CECIDOMYIDAE - Gall midges , gall gnats
3. NEMATOCERA
• (Thread like horn)
• Antennae-long and many segmented
• Larva –Eucephalous, mandible act horizontally
• Adult emerges through straight split in
thoracic region
4. TIPULIDAE
• Commen names : crane flies
• Antennae >6 segmented
• Ocelli wanting
• Legs long and deciduous
• Halteres present instead of hind wing
• Eg : Holorusia cressida
Crane fly
5.
6. PSYCHODIADAE
• Commen Names: moth and sand flies
• Minute or small flies with hirsute bodies,broad wings
that are held either roof like(moth flies) or sand flies
above the body when at rest
• Adult flies are blood feeders
• eg: sand flies ( Phlebotomus sp.)
• Vector- Leishmaniasis disease -humans in africa
12. BIBIONIDAE
• Commen Names : march flies,love bugs
• It is medium sized flies with
body length from 4 – 10 mm
• Antenna : 8-16 segments
• Eye : holoptic
• Female - reddish brown
Male - entirely black
Love bug
13. CECIDOMYIIDAE
• Commen names : Gall midges , gall knats
ADULT: minute, soft, slender
• Antenna - moniliform
• Mouth - vestigial
• In larva sclerotized area is
present mid ventrally on
prothorax called chest bone
Gall midges
