| LC control no. | sh 85038238 |
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| LC classification | QL531 QL538.2 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Diptera |
| Variant(s) | Antliata Dipterans Dipterous insects Flies, True Midges Nematocera Pupipara True flies |
| See also | Insects Flies |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. (dipteran: a member of the insect order Diptera, the two-winged or "true" flies. This order contains over 85,000 species divided into three suborders) Imm's gen. textbk. entomology: v. 2, p. 1020, under Diptera, Schizophora (Pupipara (a group purely of convenience)) Merriam-Webster online dict., May 1, 2012 (dipterology: a branch of entomology which relates to Diptera; dipteran: of, relating to, or being a fly (sense 2a); dipteran, noun; dipterous, adjective) TheFreeDictionary.com, May 1, 2012 (dipterology: the branch of entomology that studies the order of insects Diptera, including houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats.) Wikipedia, May 1, 2012: Fly (True flies are insects of the order Diptera; The presence of a single pair of patent, metathoracic flight wings distinguishes true flies from other insects with "fly" in their names, such as mayflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoneflies, whiteflies, fireflies, alderflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies, sawflies, caddisflies, butterflies or scorpionflies. Some true flies have become secondarily wingless, especially in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, or among those that are inquilines in social insect colonies; The Diptera comprise a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species of mosquitoes, gnats, midges and others) Alexander, C.P. A revision of the South American dipterous insects of the family Ptychopteridæ, 1913. Hackman, W. Studies on the dipterous fauna in burrows of voles (Microtus, Clethrionomys) in Finland, 1963. LC database, May 1, 2012 (in titles: dipterous genus; dipterous fauna; dipterous insects; dipterous larvae; dipterous family Phoridæ) |
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