Nematocera

This taxon is (or may be) paraphyletic

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordines (9): Axymyiomorpha – Bibionomorpha – Culicomorpha – Deuterophlebiomorpha – Nymphomyiomorpha – Perissommatomorpha – Psychodomorpha – Ptychopteromorpha – Tipulomorpha

Familiae incertae sedis: †Asiochaoboridae – †Eopolyneuridae – †Hyperpolyneuridae – †Luanpingitidae – †Palaeophoridae – †Serendipidae – †Strashilidae – †Tillyardipteridae

Familiae overview: Anisopodidae – Axymyiidae – Bibionidae – Blephariceridae – Bolitophilidae – Canthyloscelididae – Cecidomyiidae – Ceratopogonidae – Chaoboridae – Chironomidae – Corethrellidae – Culicidae – Cylindrotomidae – Deuterophlebiidae – Diadocidiidae – Ditomyiidae – Dixidae – Hesperinidae – Keroplatidae – Limoniidae – Lygistorrhinidae – Mycetophilidae – Nymphomyiidae – Pachyneuridae – Pediciidae – Perissommatidae – Psychodidae – Ptychopteridae – Rangomaramidae – Scatopsidae – Sciaridae – Simuliidae – Tanyderidae – Thaumaleidae – Tipulidae – Trichoceridae – Valeseguyidae – †Ansorgiidae – †Archizelmiridae – †Asiochaoboridae – †Boholdoyidae – †Diplopolyneuridae – †Eopleciidae – †Eopolyneuridae – †Fungivoritidae – †Gracilitipulidae – †Grauvogeliidae – †Hennigmatidae – †Hongocaloneuridae – †Hyperpolyneuridae – †Luanpingitidae – †Mesosciophilidae – †Musidoromimidae – †Nadipteridae – †Oligophryneidae – †Palaeophoridae – †Palaeopleciidae – †Paraxymyiidae – †Pleciodictyidae – †Pleciofungivoridae – †Pleciomimidae – †Procramptonomyiidae – †Protobibionidae – †Protoligoneuridae – †Protopleciidae – †Protorhyphidae – †Protoscatopsidae – †Serendipidae – †Sinemediidae – †Strashilidae – †Tanyderophrynidae – †Tillyardipteridae – †Tipulodictyidae – †Tipulopleciidae – †Vladipteridae – †Zhangobiidae

Name

Nematocera Duméril, 1805

Synonymy

"Nématocères": Duméril, 1805: 271–273 (vernacular) [Note: used for one of Duméril's four families of Lepidoptera]
"Némocères": Latreille, 1816: xxvii, 594 (vernacular)
Nemocera: Latreille, 1817: 288
Nematocera: Berthold, 1827: 489

References

Primary references

Berthold, A.A. 1827. Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Französischen. Mit Ammerkungen und Zusätzen. Gr. H. C. priv. Landes-Industrie Comptoir (Weimar). 606 pp. BHL Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C. 1805. Zoologie analytique ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l’aide de Tableaux synoptique. Allais, Paris. “1806” xxxii + [i] + 344 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.44835 . Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1816–1817. Les crustacés, les arachnides et les insectes. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome III. Deterville: Paris. xxix + 653 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Amorim, D.S. & Yeates, D. 2006. Pesky gnats: ridding dipteran classification of the Nematocera. Studia dipterologica 13: 3–9. PDF.
Lukashevich, E.D., Przhiboro, A.A., Marchal-Papier, F. & Grauvogel-Stamm, L. 2010. The oldest occurrence of immature Diptera (Insecta), Middle Triassic, France. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 4–22. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697636 . Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Dlouhorozí
Deutsch: Mücken
suomi: Sääsket
Nordfriisk: Magen
français: Nématocères
magyar: Szúnyogalkatúak, fonalascsápú kétszárnyúak, fonalascsápúak
日本語: カ亜目 (長角亜目, 糸角亜目)
polski: Długoczułkie