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Diptera

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
ORDER

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera

Name

Homonyms
Diptera
Diptera Borkh.
Common names
Fly in English
Fly in English
Gnats in English
Gnats in English
Hoverflies in English
Hoverflies in English
Mosquitoes in English
Mosquitoes in English
Mouches, Moustiques, Cousins in French
Tovinger in Danish
True Flies in English
True Flies in English
Two-winged Flies in English
Two-winged Flies in English
fly in English
gnats in English
hoverflies in English
kaksisiipiset in Finnish
mosca in Portuguese
mosquito in Portuguese
mosquitoes in English
true flies in English
two-winged flies in English
vliegen en muggen in Dutch
Flies in English
Flies in English
tovenger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
tovinger in Norwegian Bokmål
tvåvingar in Swedish
Fly in English
Indet. Fly in English
Indet. Fly in English
Indet. Fly in English
Invertebrates (Flies) in English
Invertebrates (flies) in English
Invertebrates (flies) in English
Zweiflügler in German
Zweiflügler in German
brachycera in Danish
brachycera in Danish
cnuimh in Scottish Gaelic
cnuimhean in Scottish Gaelic
cuileag in Scottish Gaelic
cuileagan in Scottish Gaelic
diptères in French
diptères in French
flies in English
flies in English
gith in Scottish Gaelic
githean in Scottish Gaelic

Bibliographic References

  1. Akre, R.D.,Garnett, W.B.,Sehlke, G. (1985) Cocoon mimicry and predation by myrmecophilous Diptera (Diptera: Syrphidae)
  2. Akre, R.D.,Howard, R.W.,Garnett, W.B. (1990) Chemical mimicry in an obligate predator of carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
  3. Akre, R.D.,Howard, R.W.,Stanley Samuelson, D.W. (1990) Biosynthesis and chemical mimicry of cuticular hydrocarbons from the obligate predator, <i>Microdon albicomatus</i> Novak (Diptera: Syrphidae) and its ant prey, <i>Myrmica incompleta</i> Provancher (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
  4. Akre, R.D.,Paulson, G.S. (1993) Who’s eating the children? (Most unusual flies)
  5. Barkalov, Anatolii V.,Nielsen, Tore R. (2007) A new Platycheirus species of the manicatus subgroup (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Caucasus
  6. Barnes, Jeffrey K.,Lavers, Norman,Raney, Herschel (2007) Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Arkansas, U.S.A.: Notes and a checklist
  7. Barr, B. (1995) Feeding behaviour and mouthpart structure of larvae of <i>Microdon eggeri</i> and <i>Microdon mutabilis</i> (Diptera, Syrphidae)
  8. Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002)
  9. Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore, 2022: Chapter 22: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Hexapoda: Insects and Their Kin. Invertebrates, Fourth Edition. 735-783.
  10. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 2002: null. Invertebrates, Second Edition. xx + 936.
  11. Curran, C.H. (1929) Nineteen new Diptera from Africa
  12. Davies, R. G.,Smith, K. G. V. (1965) Gland-like abdominal structures of possible epigamic function in the Diptera http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/2176
  13. De Pauw, N. & Vannevel, R. (eds.) (1991)
  14. Edwards, F. W. (1926). 38. On Marine Chironomidae (Diptera); with Descriptions of a New Genus and four New Species from Samoa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 96(3): 779-806. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1926.tb07127.x
  15. Edwards, F. W. (1926). 38. On Marine Chironomidae (Diptera); with Descriptions of a New Genus and four New Species from Samoa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 96(3): 779-806. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1926.tb07127.x
  16. Evenhuis, Neal L. (1994) Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera)
  17. Feener, D. H. , Jr.,Brown, B. V. (1991) Behavior and host location cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/6755
  18. Feener, D. H. , Jr.,Brown, B. V. (1991) Life history parameters and description of the larva of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/6754
  19. Gorb, S.N. (1997) Armored cuticular membranes in Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera)
  20. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
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