#suborder_Nematocera__Nematocera  mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #order_Diptera
  member:  #family_Culicidae__Culicidae  mosquitoes
     member:  #mosquito  two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
     member:  #wiggler__wriggler  larva of a mosquito
     member:  #genus_Aedes__Aedes  yellow-fever mosquitos
        member:  #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti  mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
        member:  #Asian_tiger_mosquito__Aedes_albopictus  striped native of Japan thriving in United States southeast and midwest and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
     member:  #genus_Anopheles__Anopheles  malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
        member:  #anopheline  any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
        member:  #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito  transmits the malaria parasite
     member:  #genus_Culex__Culex  type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
        member:  #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens  common house mosquito
        member:  #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans  widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
  member:  #family_Ceratopogonidae__Ceratopogonidae  biting midges; sand flies
     member:  #punkie__punky__punkey__no-see-um__biting_midge  minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
     member:  #genus_Ceratopogon__Ceratopogon  type genus of the Ceratopogonidae
  member:  #family_Chironomidae__Chironomidae  midges
     member:  #midge  minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
     member:  #genus_Chironomus__Chironomus  type genus of the Chironomidae
  member:  #Mycetophilidae__family_Mycetophylidae  fungus gnats
     member:  #fungus_gnat  mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
  member:  #family_Psychodidae__Psychodidae  very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
     member:  #psychodid  a fly of the family Psychodidae
     member:  #genus_Phlebotomus__Phlebotomus  small blood-sucking sand flies that resemble moths
        member:  #sand_fly__Phlebotomus_papatasii  blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever
  member:  #family_Sciaridae__Sciaridae  fungus gnats
     member:  #genus_Sciara  type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat
        member:  #sciara__fungus_gnat__sciarid  minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
  member:  #family_Tipulidae__Tipulidae  crane flies
     member:  #crane_fly__cranefly__daddy_longlegs  long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite

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