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  • The Insect Orders
    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
      • Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
      • Coleoptera (Beetles)
      • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
      • Diptera (Flies)
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      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
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    • Orders N-Z
      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
      • Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)
      • Phasmida (Stick & Leaf Insects)
      • Phthiraptera (Lice)
      • Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
      • Psocoptera (Booklice & Psocids)
      • Strepsiptera (Strepsipterans)
      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
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      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)

Suborder Nematocera

Infraorder Bibionomorpha
Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae)
Sylvicola dubius (female) (Anisopodidae) Sylvicola dubius (male) (Anisopodidae)

Love Bugs (Bibionidae)
Plecia dimidiata (Bibionidae) Dilophus sp. (Bibionidae)

Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae)
Cecidomyiinae Cecidomyiinae Cecidomyiinae gall

Fungus Gnats (Ditomyiidae)
Australosymmerus (Crionisca) aculeatus (male) (Ditomyiidae) Australosymmerus (Crionisca) aculeatus (female) (Ditomyiidae) Australosymmerus (Ventrilobus) fuscinervis (Ditomyiidae)

Fungus Gnats (Keroplatidae)
Macrocera cf. mastersi (Keroplatidae) Pyrtaula fenestralis (Keroplatidae) Mallochinus mastersi (Keroplatidae) Keroplatidae larva

Fungus Gnats (Mycetophilidae)
Pseudalysiinia mimicans (Mycetophilidae: Gnoristinae) Pending ID - Gnoristinae (Mycetophilidae) Paratrizygia conformis (Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) Acrodicrania sp. (Mycetophilidae: Leiinae) Mycoyma sp. (Mycetophilidae: Mycomyinae) Stenophragma sp. (Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) Mycetophilidae larva

Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae)
Scatopse notata (Scatopsidae) Scatopsidae

Dark Winged Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae)
Sciaridae female Sciaridae female Sciaridae female

Infraorder Culicomorpha
Mosquitoes (Culicidae)
Anopheles (Cellia) annulipes (Culicidae: Anophelinae) Aedes (Ochlerotatus) andersoni (Culicidae: Culicinae}) Aedes (Rampamyia) notoscriptus (Culicidae: Culicinae) Culicidae: Culicinae larva

Midges (Chironomidae)
Chironomidae: Chironominae female Polypedilum nubiferum female (Chironomidae: Chironominae) Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae male Ablabesmyia notobilis female (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) Chironominae pupa moments before adult emergence (Chironomidae)

Sandflies or Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)
Culicoides sp. (Ceratopogonidae: Ceratopogoninae) Atrichopogon sp. (Ceratopogonidae: Forcipomyiinae) Forcipomyia sp. (Ceratopogonidae: Forcipomyiinae)

Black Flies (Simuliidae)
Protaustrosimulium sp. female (Simuliidae: Simuliinae) IMG 0800 2

Infraorder Psychodomorpha
Moth Flies (Psychodidae)
Paratelmatoscopus variegatus (Psychodidae) Brunettia (Atrichobrunettia) alternata (Psychodidae) Psychoda sigma (Psychodidae) Psychodini penicillata complex (Psychodidae) Psychodidae: Psychodinae

Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Short-palped Crane Flies (Cylindrotomidae)
Stibadocerodes sp. (Cylindrotomidae)

Short-palped Crane Flies (Limoniidae)
Gonomyia sp. (Limoniidae: Chioneinae) Molophilus sp. (Limoniidae: Chioneinae) Epiphragma meridionalis (Limoniidae: Limnophilinae) Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) sp. (Limoniidae: Limnophilinae) Dicranomyia sp. (Limoniidae: Limoniinae) Limoniidae

Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Ischnotoma eburnea (Tipulidae) Leptotarsus sp. (Tipulidae) Tipulidae Tipulidae

Winter Crane Flies (Trichoceridae)
Trichocera annulata (Trichoceridae)

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The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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