Eukaryote
diptera
Dip·ter·a [ dip-ter-uh, -truh ]
Subclass of:
Holometabola
Etymology:
Greek di = two + pteron = wing
Definitions related to diptera:
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A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Have one pair of membraneous wings, 3 segmented antennae, compound eye, sucking mouth parts, and 5 segmented tarsi; metamorphosis is complete; many larvae are parasitic; some species of adults are disease vectors.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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