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Diptera  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced hindwings, separate Diptera from other insects with one pair of wings. The order includes the families Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, SARCOPHAGIDAE, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; GLOSSINIDAE; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; and PSYCHODIDAE. The larval form of Diptera species are called maggots (see LARVA).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Flies
  • Flies, True
  • txid7147

In other languages

  • French

  • Diptères
  • Mouches
  • txid7147
  • Vraies mouches

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FXX9K6P4-9

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