order Diptera

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Related to order Diptera: order Lepidoptera, order Hymenoptera, order Coleoptera, dipteran

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order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

Diptera

animal order - the order of animals

class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae - gall midges

Muscoidea, superfamily Muscoidea - two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

family Muscidae, Muscidae - two-winged flies especially the housefly

fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight

family Glossinidae, Glossinidae - flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies

Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae - blowflies

family Tachinidae, Tachinidae - parasites on other insects

family Gasterophilidae, Gasterophilidae - horse botflies

Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae - New World botflies

family Hypodermatidae, family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, Oestridae - warble flies

family Tabanidae, Tabanidae - horseflies

Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidae - bee flies

Asilidae, family Asilidae - robber flies

family Trephritidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, Trypetidae - fruit flies; some leaf miners

Drosophilidae, family Drosophilidae - fruit flies

family Hippoboscidae, Hippoboscidae - winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies

genus Haematobia, Haematobia - European genus of bloodsucking flies

Nematocera, suborder Nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies

family Simuliidae, Simuliidae - blackflies and sand flies

References in periodicals archive ?

Although, other complex of species are still under studied, as it is the case of pathogens of flies (order Diptera).

First record of Ophiocordyceps dipterigena (Ascomycota: Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) infecting adults of Melanagromyza sojae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Brazil/ Primeiro registro de Ophiocordyceps dipterigena (Ascomycota: Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) infectando adultos de Melanagromyza sojae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) no Brasil

The insects belonging to order Diptera (flies and mosquitoes), Isoptera (termites), Hemiptera (bugs, aphids and cicadas), Coleoptera (beetles and weevils) and sub-order Homoptera (planthoppers, leafhoppers and whiteflies) were identified (Table 1).

Short Communication - FEEDING AND BREEDING ECOLOGY OF ASHY-WREN WARBLER (Priniasocialis) IN POTHWAR PLATEAU, PAKISTAN

In present results, all recorded families of order Diptera are reported as nectar feeders except Syrphidae; in Syrphidae out of six recorded species, three (Eupeodes corolla, Melanostoma sp., Ischniodons cutellaris) are reported as both pollen and nectar foragers (Ali et al., 2011).

Diversity and Relative Abundance of Pollinator Fauna of Canola (Brassica napus L. Var Chakwal Sarsoon) with Managed Apis mellifera L. in Pothwar Region, Gujar Khan, Pakistan

Species from the order Diptera have been associated with criminal investigations that extrapolate their use in estimating the postmortem interval [24].

Preliminary study of necrophagous Diptera associated with boar corpse (Sus scrofa) in a semi-arid environment in eastern Algeria: Implications in forensic entomology

Flies of the order Diptera are responsible for myiasis that belongs to genera Sarcophaga and Calliphora; among them, the Syrphidae family includes Eristalis genus, which has largely been dealt with in medicine [3].

Second Report of Accidental Intestinal Myiasis due to Eristalis tenax (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, 2015

To the Editor: Myiasis is the infestation in humans of larvae of flies (order Diptera).

Review of cases and a patient report of myiasis with tracheostomy, Peru

In the order Diptera, the family Calliphoridae is highlighted for the ability that its component species have to colonize new environments (Greenberg and Szyska, 1984).

Edge effects on the blowfly fauna (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Efeitos de borda sobre a fauna de califorideos (Diptera, Calliphoridae) no Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

In a survey in 2011, scientists from the Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of the Philippines Los Banos (MNHUPLB) discovered 10 species of the "bat vampires," all belonging to the family Nycteribiidae of the order Diptera.

'Gotham' may be right here on top of Mt. Makiling

The order Diptera was the third most abundant herein, mainly individuals of the families Drosophilidae and Phoridae.

Temporal variation of soil entomofauna from an urban forest fragment in southern Brazil/Variacao temporal da entomofauna edafica de um fragmento florestal urbano no sul do Brasil

In terms of number, the order Diptera was the most important food category with 1432 individuals (91.67%), followed by Araneae (n = 71), which comprised 4.55% of the total number of prey items.

Dieta y aspectos reproductivos del gecko exotico Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) en la zona urbana de Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

Goat grub, Przhevalskiana silenus, belongs to order diptera family oestridae, is economically a very important fly whose larvae are obligatory parasites of their hosts and cause severe damage to the skins and hides and ultimately effecting leather industry.

Epidemiology and Early Detection of Goat Grub, Przhevalskiana silenus, in Northern Mountainous Region of Balochistan, Pakistan

New or little-known Tipulidae from eastern China (Order Diptera).

First record of female Tipula (Formotipula) vindex Alexander with description of eggs, and redescription of male (Diptera: Tipulidae)