Diptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Flora and Fauna

Diptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Flora and Fauna

Diptera

The true flies, including many familiar and economically important insects such as mosquitoes, black flies, midges, fruit flies, blow flies and house flies.

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Mosquitoes

See Also:

- Characteristics, phylogeny, and images from the Tree of Life project.
- Photos and information on Diptera (true flies) and links to other entomological and parasitological sites.
- Research by entomologist Silvio Shigueo Nihei of the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, related to taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of flies of family Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera).
- Detailed information about flies from the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory.
- Information and pictures of flies in Brisbane, Australia.
- Photographs and information about flies and gnats in a garden in The Netherlands.
- Detailed information on the Asilidae of Germany, including distribution maps, flight period diagrams, histograms, and information on habitat requirements. In German and English.
- Full text of a book by Jim Heath telling the story of the war between bush flies and dung beetles in Australia. Includes cartoons, facts, and drawings.
- Detailed information about Plecia nearctica (Diptera: Bibionidae), swarming flies that are a nuisance to motorists in the southern US.
- Griffith University, Australia group that focuses on research of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in natural habitats and agricultural systems to enable a better understanding of their biology, ecology, and evolution.
- Information on the occurrence, biology, damage, and management for these introduced pests of turf and many other plants.
- Images and keys for the hoverflies (Syrphidae) of northwestern Europe.
- Detailed information and links.
- Information about Plecia nearctica, commonly called "love bugs", which emerge en mass and form large swarms. Site includes photos, video, poetry, and links.
- Information about the checklist by Paul Beuk, which can be ordered on CD-ROM.
- Cecidomyiid fly whose larvae are effective predators of aphids. Description, habitat, life cycle, photo, and other information.
- University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County factsheet and audio on flies found in the home, biology and control.
- Information about privately funded research into the genus Arachnocampa (Type species: Arachnocampa flava Harrison, 1966).
- Research on circadian rhythms and information about Chronobiology and the endogenous clock in the model organism Drosophila.
- Index for flies; click on any fly for image, biology, habits, control methods.
- Detailed information, including morphology, life history, and phylogeny, with bibliography and links.
- Information on Chironomidae and water beetles, checklists for Florida, North and South Carolina; information on how to obtain identification manuals.
- All about Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) by Igor Grichanov. General information, catalogs, keys, fossils, bibliography, and links.

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