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Midge

Index Midge

Midges are a group of insects that include many kinds of small flies. [1]

31 relations: African horse sickness, Animal, Arthropod, Black fly, Blephariceridae, Bluetongue disease, Cecidomyiidae, Ceratopogonidae, Chaoboridae, Chironomidae, Detritivore, Deuterophlebia, Dixidae, Drain fly, Family (biology), Fly, Great Lakes, Hemoglobin, Highland midge, Insect, Insectivore, Mosquito, Nematocera, North America, Nutrient cycle, Phlebotominae, Phlebotomus, Scatopsidae, Swallow, Theobroma cacao, Wallum sedge frog.

African horse sickness

African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly infectious and deadly disease.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Black fly

A black fly (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder.

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Blephariceridae

The Blephariceridae, commonly known as net-winged midges, are a nematoceran family in the order Diptera.

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Bluetongue disease

Bluetongue disease is a non-contagious, insect-borne, viral disease of ruminants, mainly sheep and less frequently cattle, goats, buffalo, deer, dromedaries, and antelope.

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Cecidomyiidae

Cecidomyiidae (sometimes misspelled "Cecidomyidae") is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats.

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Ceratopogonidae

Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges, are a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in the order Diptera.

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Chaoboridae

The Chaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges or glassworms, are a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution.

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Chironomidae

The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a families of nematoceran flies with a global distribution.

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Detritivore

Detritivores, also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders, or detritus eaters, are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).

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Deuterophlebia

The fly genus Deuterophlebia is the sole member of the small monotypic family Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges.

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Dixidae

The Dixidae (meniscus midges) are a family of aquatic nematoceran flies (Diptera).

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Drain fly

Drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, or sewer gnats (Psychodidae) are small true flies (Diptera) with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (American) or haemoglobin (British); abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates.

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Highland midge

The highland midge (scientific name: Culicoides impunctatus; Midgie; Meanbh-chuileag) (also known colloquially in Scotland as "Wee Bastards") is a species of small flying insect, found across the Palearctic (throughout the British Isles, Scandinavia, other regions of Europe, Russia and Northern China) in upland and lowland areas (fens, bogs and marshes).

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects.

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.

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Nematocera

The Nematocera (thread-horns) are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and midges.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Nutrient cycle

A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of matter.

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Phlebotominae

The Phlebotominae are a subfamily of the family Psychodidae.

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Phlebotomus

Phlebotomus is a genus of "sand flies" in the Diptera family Psychodidae.

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Scatopsidae

The minute black scavenger flies or "dung midges", are a family, Scatopsidae, of nematoceran flies.

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Swallow

The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica.

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Theobroma cacao

Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of the Americas.

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Wallum sedge frog

The wallum sedge frog (Litoria olongburensis), also known as the Olongburra frog or the sharp-snouted reed frog, is endemic to Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge

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