Euryplatea nanaknihali is the smallest fly in the order Diptera, measuring in size. Due to its small size, the
viscosity of air is problematic for the insect, and even the smallest air currents are a large impediment. Scientists have expressed amazement that such a tiny animal could still have all the organs of a normal
insect.
ants may be the host of E. nanaknihali''.|alt=A swarm of ants on a rock They are believed to lay their eggs in the heads of small
Crematogaster ants. The
larva consumes the interior of the ant's head, within whose
exoskeleton it pupates, before emerging as an adult. .|alt=Forest of Kaeng Krachan National Park The species has been found in a number of national parks in
Thailand. It is named after Nanak Nihal Weiss, a boy interested in insects who frequented the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County with his father. ==References==