An insect belonging to the order Athericera, characterized by specialized antennae and typically including dipterans like flies and gnats.
Adjective/noun form derived from Athericera, with the -an suffix indicating membership in or relation to this taxonomic group, following Linnaean nomenclature patterns.
Athericerans include many of the insects you encounter daily—flies, mosquitoes, and gnats—but they're unified by a feature most people never notice: their antenna structure tells scientists they're all related.
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