The Diptera ('true flies' or 'two-winged flies') constitute one of the largest orders of insects, with more than 160,000 species known worldwide and at least as many more still awaiting discovery.

Two new genera are described in the Ceratopogonini: Baeohelea, type-species nana n. sp. from Colombia and Dominica, and Rhynchohelea, type-species monilicornis n. sp. from California and Florida. Two ...

Entomologists have now prepared a database with information to accurately identify and name almost 157,000 flies, gnats, maggots, midges, mosquitoes and related species in the order Diptera.

Plaumann (Brazil: Nova Teutonia) and the Biologia Centrali Americana collection. The British and Irish Collection contains 1,200 drawers of pinned specimens covering the vast majority of British and ...

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) dolichopodida Chan & Linley (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), collected from leaves of the water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes L., is described in all stages. It resembles F. (Eu.) ...

Bugs such as houseflies, fruitflies, blowflies, hoverflies and mosquitoes all belong to an order called Diptera -- which contains over 125,000 known species, and possibly over a million in total.

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests—but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows. Bugs such as houseflies ...

In addition to deterring predators, this camouflage permits certain flower fly species to lay their eggs in other creatures’ nests. Hoverflies and other Diptera species can be distinguished from bees ...