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    Fly (redirect from Diptera)
    Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only...
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  • H. diptera may refer to: Halesia diptera, a silverbell, a shrub native to southeast North America Hoya diptera (Seemann, 1896), a waxplant species in...
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  • Diptera is an order of winged insects commonly known as flies. Diptera, which are one of the most successful groups of organisms on Earth, are very diverse...
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    Halesia diptera, the two-wing silverbell or two-winged snowdrop tree, is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States...
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    Ceryx diptera is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka...
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  • differs in some significant ways from the broader morphology of insects. The Diptera is a very large and diverse order of mostly small to medium-sized insects...
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    "Psectra diptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Psectra diptera". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Psectra diptera species...
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  • Tetragonia diptera is a member of the genus Tetragonia and is endemic to Australia. The annual or perennial herb has a prostrate to semi-erect habit that...
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  • Insecta Britannica Diptera is a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker. The work spans three volumes; a fourth volume was never published. Parts...
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  • Melisa diptera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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    Eucalyptus diptera, commonly known as the two-winged gimlet, is a mallet that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth greenish...
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    structures Sarcophagidae (Insecta, Diptera). Vol. 1 In: Entomologica, Bari, 42 (2010):3-459. Pape, T. The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark...
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    University. Retrieved 15 August 2018. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica...
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    viewpoint that they are an early branch of Diptera—perhaps (with the Trichoceridae) the sister group of all other Diptera—is giving way to modern views that they...
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    Mullen, Gary R. (1991). "Predation by Bezzia larvae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae)". Entomological News. 102 (4): 183–186...
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  • List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, Asiloidea Part of List of Diptera of Ireland Xylophagus...
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    over the body. The wings have the most elementary venation of any of the Diptera, having little more than a series of parallel veins without crossveins...
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    A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies...
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  • (Diptera: Cecidomyidae) Atrichopogon jacobsoni (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Culicoides huffi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Culicoides peregrinus (Diptera:...
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  • This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies). The classification is based largely on Pape et al. (2011). Many of the fossil species...
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    and catch their prey in flight. The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the robber...
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    Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they comprise six of the seven families placed in the superfamily Sciaroidea...
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    fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area...
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    Tipulidae is a family of large crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread...
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  • October 1894 – 7 March 1945) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera and medical entomology. Shannon was born in Washington, D.C. He was orphaned...
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    flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing...
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    bite men or animals." Mosquitoes are members of a family of true flies (Diptera): the Culicidae (from the Latin culex, genitive culicis, meaning "midge"...
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    Necrophage (section Diptera)
    certain Arthropoda, such as Diptera larvae, engage in myiasis and colonization of the human body. Members of the order Diptera, such as Nematocera, Calliphoridae...
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    Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera, Volume 2. Science Herald, Budapest, 1997. Jensen, F. ; Diptera Simuliidae, Blackflies. pp. 209–241 in:...
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    Gauromydas heros (category Diptera of South America)
    to the family Mydidae. It is the largest species of the entire order of Diptera or true flies. This species has a Neotropical distribution and is found...
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