Diptera
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).
Year introduced: 1981, 1963-1974
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Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750
MeSH Unique ID: D004175
Registry Number: txid7147
Entry Terms:
- Dipteras
- Flies, True
- Fly, True
- True Flies
- True Fly
- Flies
- Fly