What is Nematocera?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Aedes_aegypti.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Aedes aegypti]]'', a disease-carrying [[mosquito]] | authority = [[Latreille]], 1825 | taxon = Nematocera | subdivision_ranks = Infraorders | subdivision = * [[Bibionomorpha]] * ([[Blephariceromorpha]]) * [[Culicomorpha]] * [[Deuterophlebiomorpha]] * [[Nymphomyiomorpha]] * [[Perissommatomorpha]] * [[Psychodomorpha]] * [[Ptychopteromorpha]] * [[Tipulomorpha]] }} The '''Nematocera''' are a large [[suborder]] of [[flies]] which include the [[mosquito]]es and [[midges]]. They usually have long thin bodies, with segmented [[antenna (biology)|antennae]]. Usually their [[larva]]e are aquatic, but there are many exceptions to this. Examples of the Nematocera include the [[mosquito]]es ([[Culicidae]]), [[crane fly|crane flies]] ([[Tipulidae]]) and [[black fly|black flies]] ([[Simuliidae]]). Many of the other families are called [[gnat]]s, and others are called [[midges]]. Many species form mating swarms of males, and in some of these, competition for females is extreme. Although many species (as larvae) have a strong association with water, even within a single family there may be a trend toward semiaquatic and [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[habitats]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Flies]]