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Deuterophlebia
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Deuterophlebia

The fly genus Deuterophlebia is the sole member of the small monotypic family Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges. Adults have broad, fan-shaped wings, and males have extremely long antennae which they employ when contesting territories over running water, waiting for females to hatch. Larvae occur in swiftly flowing streams and are easily recognized by their forked antennae and the prolegs on the abdomen.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Deuterophlebia coloradensis

speciesDeuterophlebia coloradensis

Deuterophlebia sajanica

speciesDeuterophlebia sajanica

Deuterophlebia nipponica

speciesDeuterophlebia nipponica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173930.