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Taxa

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 2
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Scientific Name
Diptera 2
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Diptera
Filter Results18 entries

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Diptera

Black Fly

Diptera

Blow Fly

Diptera

Crane Fly

Diptera

Drosophila melanogaster

Diptera

Fruit Fly

Diptera

Horse Fly

Diptera

Housefly

Diptera

Hoverfly

Diptera

Mediterranean Fruit Fly

Diptera

Mosquito

Diptera

Robber Fly

Diptera

Scathophaga stercoraria

Diptera

Screwworm Fly

Diptera

Tabanus sudeticus

Diptera

Tipula paludosa

Diptera

Tsetse Fly

Diptera

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Diptera
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
Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Mosquito, Species
Source Wikidata: Culicidae
Robber Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Robber Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria, Species
Source Wikidata: Scathophaga stercoraria
Screwworm Fly, Species
Source Wikidata: Screwworm Fly
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. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25312, descriptionView the Source
2. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
Wikidata: Diptera
Wikidata Q25312, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView 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: Screwworm Fly
Parent Taxon Of: Screwworm Fly, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Culicidae
Parent Taxon Of: Mosquito, 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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