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Kinds | - Acalyptratae
- Acartophthalmidae
- Acroceridae, Small-headed flies
- Agromyzidae, Leaf-miner flies
- Alinkidae
- Anisopodidae, Wood gnats
- Ansorgiidae
- Antefungivoridae
- Anthericidae, Snipeflies
- Anthomyiidae, Maggots
- Anthomyzidae
- Apioceridae, Flower-loving flies
- Apsilocephalidae
- Apystomyiidae
- Archisargidae
- Archizelmiridae
- Asilidae, Robber flies
- Asilomorpha
- Asiochaoboridae
- Asteiidae, Cryptochelid flies
- Athericidae
- Aulacigastridae, Aulacigastrid flies
- Australimyzidae
- Austroleptidae
- Axymyiidae
- Bibionidae, March flies
- Blephariceridae, Net-winged midges
- Blepharoceridae
- Boholdoyidae
- Bolitophilidae
- Bombyliidae, Bee flies
- Brachycera
- Braulidae, Bee lice
- Calliphoridae, Blow flies
- Camillidae, Camillid flies
- Canaceidae, Beach flies
- Canacidae
- Canthyloscelidae
- Carnidae, Carnid flies
- Cecidomyiidae, Gall midges
- Celyphidae
- Ceratopogonidae, Biting midges
- Chamaemyiidae, Aphid flies
- Chaoboridae, Phantom midges
- Chironomidae, Midges
- Chloropidae, Chloropid flies
- Chyromyidae
- Clusiidae, Clusiid flies
- Coelopidae, Seaweed flies
- Conopidae, Thick-headed flies
- Corethrellidae
- Cratomyiidae
- Cryptochaetidae
- Cryptochetidae, Cryptochetid flies
- Ctenostylidae
- Culicidae, Mosquitoes
- Curtonotidae, Curtonotid flies
- Cuterebridae
- Cyclorrhapha
- Cylindrotomidae
- Cypselosomatidae, Cypselosomatid flies
- Deuterophlebiidae, Mountain midges
- Diadocidiidae
- Diastatidae, Diastatid flies
- Diopsidae, Stalk-eyed flies
- Diplopolyneuridae
- Ditomyiidae
- Dixidae, Dixid midges
- Dolichopodidae, Long-legged flies
- Drosophilidae, Pomace flies
- Dryomyzidae, Dryomyzid flies
- Elliidae
- Empididae, Dance flies
- Eoditomyiidae
- Eopleciidae
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- Eoptychopteridae
- Ephydridae, Shore flies
- Eremochaetidae
- Eremoneura
- Eurychoromyiidae
- Fanniidae, Fannidae
- Fergusoninidae
- Galliphoridae
- Gasterophilidae
- Glossinidae
- Gobryidae
- Gracilitipulidae
- Helcomyzidae
- Heleomyzidae, Heleomyzid flies
- Helosciomyzidae
- Hennigmatidae
- Hesperinidae
- Hilarimorphidae, Hilarimorphid flies
- Hippoboscidae, Louse flies
- Huttoninidae
- Hyperoscelididae, Hyperoscelidid gnats
- Ironomyiidae
- Keroplatidae
- Kovalevisargidae
- Lauxaniidae, Beach flies
- Limnorhyphidae
- Limoniidae
- Lonchaeidae, Lanceflies
- Lonchopteridae, Spear-winged flies
- Luanpingitidae
- Lygistorrhinidae
- Marginidae
- Megamerinidae
- Mesosciophilidae
- Mesothaumaleidae
- Micropezidae, Stilt-legged flies
- Milichiidae, Freeloader flies
- Mormotomyiidae
- Muscidae, Muscid flies house flies
- Musidoromimidae
- Mycetophilidae, Fungus gnats
- Mydaidae, Mydas flies
- Mydidae
- Mystacinobiidae
- Mythicomyiidae
- Nadipteridae
- Nannodastiidae
- Nematocera
- Nemestrinidae, Tangle-veined flies
- Neminidae
- Neottiophilidae, Nest flies
- Neriidae, Cactus flies
- Neurochaetidae
- Nothybidae
- Nycteribiidae, Bat flies
- Nymphomyiidae, Nymphomyiid flies
- Ocoidae
- Odiniidae, Odiniid flies
- Oestridae, Warble flies
- Opetiidae
- Opomyzidae, Opomyzid flies
- Otitidae, Picture-winged flies
- Pachyneuridae, Dark-winged fungus gnats
- Pallopteridae, Pallopterid flies
- Pantophthalmidae
- Parapleciidae
- Paraxymyiidae, Paxylommatid wasps
- Pediciidae
- Pelecorhynchidae, Pelecorhynchid flies
- Periscelidae
- Periscelididae, Periscelidid flies
- Perissommatidae
- Phaeomyiidae
- Phoridae, Humpbacked flies
| - Piophilidae, Skipper flies
- Pipunculidae, Big-headed flies
- Platypezidae, Flat-footed flies
- Platystomatidae, Picture-winged flies
- Pleciofungivoridae
- Procramptonomyiidae
- Protapioceridae
- Protempididae
- Protobrachycerontidae
- Protomphralidae
- Protopleciidae
- Protorhyphidae
- Protoscatopsidae
- Pseudopomyzidae
- Psilidae, Rust flies
- Psychodidae, Moth flies
- Ptychopteridae, Phanton crane flies
- Pyrgotidae, Pyrgotid flies
- Rangomaramidae
- Rhaetomyiidae
- Rhagionemestriidae
- Rhagionempididae
- Rhagionidae, Snipe flies
- Rhiniidae
- Rhinophoridae, Woodlouse flies
- Rhinotoridae, Rhinotorid flies
- Richardiidae, Picture-winged flies
- Ropalomeridae, Ropalomerid flies
- Sarcophagidae, Flesh flies
- Scathophagidae, Dung flies
- Scatopsidae, Minute black scavenger flies
- Scenopinidae, Window flies
- Sciadoceridae
- Sciaridae, Dark-winged fungus gnats
- Sciomyzidae, Marsh flies
- Sepsidae, Black scavenger flies
- Serendipidae
- Siberhyphidae
- Simuliidae, Black flies
- Sinotendipedidae
- Somatiidae
- Spaniidae
- Sphaeroceridae, Small dung flies
- Stratiomyidae, Soldier flies
- Streblidae, Bat flies
- Strongylophthalmyiidae, Strongylophthalmyiid flies
- Synneuridae, Synneurid gnats
- Syringogastridae
- Syrphidae, Flower flies
- Tabanidae, Horse flies
- Tabanoidea
- Tachinidae, Tachina flies
- Tachiniscidae
- Tanyderidae, Primitive crane flies
- Tanypezidae, Tanypezid flies
- Tephritidae, Fruit flies
- Teratomyzidae
- Tethinidae, Tethinid flies
- Thaumaleidae, Solitary midges
- Therevidae, Stiletto flies
- Thyreophoridae, Thyreophorid flies
- Tillyardipteridae
- Tipulidae, Crane flies
- Tipulodictyidae
- Trichoceridae, Winter crane flies
- Trixoscelididae, Trixoscelidid flies
- Ulidiidae, Picture-winged flies
- Vermileonidae
- Vladipteridae
- Xenasteiidae
- Xylomyidae, Xylomyid flies
- Xylophagidae, Xylophagid flies
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Overview |
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Identification |
The most defining characteristic of adult flies is that most have only one pair of wings.
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Families |
Diptera families
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Phylogeny |
Taxonomic Category
| Scientific Name
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Phylum
| Arthropoda
| Arthropods
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Class
| Insecta
| Insects
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Order
| Diptera
| True Flies, Gnats, Midges, Mosquitoes
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Geographic distribution |
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Worldwide -- Source: N.C. State University Entomology Dept.
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Checklist -- Great Smoky Mountains Nation Park
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Natural history |
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Links to other sites |
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References |
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Lawrence, D. 1992. The Making of a Fly, Blackwell Scientific, Inc., Oxford.
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Acknowledgements |
John Pickering, University of Georgia, Athens
Thanks to Sabina Gupta and Denise Lim for technical and web support in developing this page.
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