Deuterophlebia

Deuterophlebia
Deuterophlebia mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Deuterophlebiomorpha
Family: Deuterophlebiidae
Edwards, 1922
Genus: Deuterophlebia
Edwards, 1922

Deuterophlebiidae, commonly known as the mountain midges, are a small family of nematocerous flies represented today by a single extant genus, Deuterophlebia. Adults have broad, fan-shaped wings, and males possess extraordinarily long antennae, which they use in territorial displays above swift mountain streams while awaiting emerging females.

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