Directory of Diptera Resources

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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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• Acroceridae
• Agromyzidae
• Anisopodidae
• Anthomyiidae
• Anthomyzidae
• Asilidae
• Bibionidae
• Blephariceridae
• Bombyliidae
• Braulidae
• Calliphoridae
• Cecidomyiidae
• Ceratopogonidae
• Chamaemyiidae
• Chaoboridae
• Chironomidae
• Chloropidae
• Culicidae
• Dolichopodidae
• Drosophilidae
• Empididae
• Ephydridae
• Hippoboscidae
• Lonchopteridae
• Mosquitoes
• Muscidae
• Mycetophilidae
• Mydidae
• Nemestrinidae
• Oestridae
• Otitidae
• Phoridae
• Pipunculidae
• Platypezidae
• Psilidae
• Psychodidae
• Ptychopteridae
• Rhagionidae
• Rhinophoridae
• Sarcophagidae
• Scathophagidae
• Scatopsidae
• Scenopinidae
• Sciaridae
• Simuliidae
• Stratiomyidae
• Syrphidae
• Tabanidae
• Tachinidae
• Tanyderidae
• Tephritidae
• Therevidae
• Tipulidae
• Ulidiidae
• Xylophagidae

Resources in This Category

• Brisbane Flies

  http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_flies/
  Information and pictures of flies in Brisbane, Australia.

• Diptera

  http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Diptera&contgroup=Endopterygota
  Characteristics, phylogeny, and images from the Tree of Life project.

• Diptera - Flies Are Cool

  http://michelle_sanford.tripod.com/
  Photos and information on Diptera (true flies) and links to other entomological and parasitological sites.

• Diptera.info

  http://www.diptera.info/
  Deals with all aspects of dipterology (the study of Diptera: flies and midges) and dipterists worldwide. Includes images and forums.

• Diptera: Flies and Mosquitoes

  http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/diptera.html
  The characteristics of these insects, their life cycle, feeding and habitat, with illustrations.

• Flies in my Garden

  http://www.tuin-thijs.com/vliegen,muggen-engels.htm
  Photographs and information about flies found in a garden in the Netherlands.

• Fly Index

  http://www.pestproducts.com/flyindex.htm
  Index for flies; click on any fly for image, biology, habits, control methods.

• Garden Safari: Introduction to Diptera

  http://www.gardensafari.net/english/flies.htm
  Photographs and information about flies and gnats in a garden in The Netherlands.

• iStudy Flies

  http://fohn.net/pictures-of-flies/
  Observations, how flies affected the course of history, and pictures.

• North American Dipterists Society

  http://www.nadsdiptera.org/
  A variety of resources for scientists that study the insect order Diptera, true flies. Includes newsletters "Fly Times" and "Tachinid Times", Tachinidae resources.

• Phantom Midges, Phantom Crane Flies

  http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth05.html
  Article by Louise Kulzer about phantom midges (Chaoboridae) and phantom crane flies (Ptychopteridae) in the Seattle, Washington area.

• The Fly in Your Eye

  http://www.viacorp.com/flybook/fulltext.html
  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.

• The Fly Proboscis

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay98/probob.html
  Article by Mike Samworth describing this feature with a microscopic image of the mouthparts of Calliphora vomitoria.

• Tsetse Fly

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly
  Information from Wikipedia on this large biting fly in the genus Glossina, its biology, morphology and systematics, and the disease it can carry, trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness.

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