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Diptera

Insect Orders

The true flies: insects with a single functional pair of wings, the hind pair reduced to small, club-shaped balancing organs called halteres. Diptera includes mosquitoes, houseflies and fruit flies, and its members are major disease vectors as well as important pollinators and decomposers.

Facts
Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
160,000 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Order 1
Scientific Name
Diptera 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Insecta, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

Parent Taxon Of

Asian Tiger Mosquito, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Black Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Black Fly
Blow Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Blow Fly
Crane Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Crane Fly
Drosophila melanogaster, Species
Source Wikidata: Drosophila melanogaster
Fruit Fly, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Horse Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Horse Fly
Housefly, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Hoverfly, Species
Source Wikidata: Hoverfly
Robber Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Robber Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria, Species
Source Wikidata: Scathophaga stercoraria
Tabanus sudeticus, Species
Source Wikidata: Tabanus sudeticus
Tipula paludosa, Species
Source Wikidata: Tipula paludosa
Tsetse Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Tsetse Fly
Yellow Fever Mosquito, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
Wikidata: Tsetse Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Tsetse Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Horse Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Horse Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Blow Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Blow Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Crane Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Crane Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Hoverfly
Parent Taxon Of: Hoverfly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Robber Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Robber Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Black Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Black Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Tabanus sudeticus
Parent Taxon Of: Tabanus sudeticus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Tipula paludosa
Parent Taxon Of: Tipula paludosa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Drosophila melanogaster
Parent Taxon Of: Drosophila melanogaster, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Scathophaga stercoraria
Parent Taxon Of: Scathophaga stercoraria, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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