Animal

Diptera

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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).

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Calliphoridae has parent Diptera

Drosophilidae has parent Diptera

Glossinidae has parent Diptera

Muscidae has parent Diptera

Nematocera has parent Diptera

Psychodidae has parent Diptera

Sarcophagidae has parent Diptera

Tephritidae has parent Diptera

Diptera has parent Holometabola

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