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Diptera (flies)
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Antliophora
House fly Musca domestica feeding on sweet melon. |
Leptynoma sericea
(Vermilionidae) on Lapeirousia
corymbosa flower. |
Bee fly (Bombyliidae) feeding from Lobelia flower. |
Flies are distinguished from all other insects by having one pair of wings instead of
two. Instead of a pair of hindwings they have a pair of halteres which are knob-like
processes evidently used for balance in flight.
Classification of southern African taxa
Ptychopteromorpha |
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Tanyderidae
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Ptychopteridae |
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Culicomorpha
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Culicidae (mosquitoes)
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Chaoboridae
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Dixidae
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Chironomidae (midges)
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Ceratopogonidae
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Simuliidae
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Thaumaleidae
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Blephariceromorpha
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Blephariceridae
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Bibionomorpha
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Bibionidae
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Mycetophilidae
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Cecidomyiidae
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Sciaridae
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Psychodomorpha |
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Scatopsidae
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Psychodidae (moth flies and sand flies) |
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Tipulomorpha |
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Limoniidae
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Tipulidae (crane flies)
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Anisopodidae |
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BRACHYCERA |
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Links
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Crosskey, R.W. Introduction to the Diptera. In: Medical
Insects and Arachnids (eds R.P. Lane & R.W. Crosskey). Chapman &
Hall, London, pp. 51-77.
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Feener, D.H. & Brown, B.V. 1997. Diptera as
parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology 42: 73-97.
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Sherman, R.A., Hall, M.J.R. & Thomas, S.
2000. Medicinal maggots: an ancient remedy for some contemporary
afflictions. Annual Review of Entomology 45: 55-81.
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