Archidiptera
Encyclopedia
Archidiptera is a suborder of Diptera
under an alternative classification based largely on fossil
taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists.
Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae
, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha
within the Nematocera
.
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
under an alternative classification based largely on fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists.
Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae
Nymphomyiidae
The Nymphomyiidae are a family of slender, delicate flies . Larvae are found among aquatic mosses in small, rapid streams in northern regions of the world. Many fossil species and a few extant species are known...
, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha
Blephariceromorpha
Blephariceromorpha is an infraorder of Nematoceran flies, including three families associated with fast-flowing, high mountain streams, where the larvae can be found....
within the Nematocera
Nematocera
Nematocera , is a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges....
.