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noun - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
noun - a two-winged fly
DIPTERANS - True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek - di- "two", and pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a...
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| Plural form of dipteran. |
| An insect of the large order Diptera a fly. |
| Relating to or denoting dipterans. |
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| True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek - di- "two", and pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described.Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are laid on the larval food-source and the larvae, which |