#order_Diptera__Diptera  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
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #class_Insecta
  member:  #dipterous_insect__dipterousinsect__two-winged_insects__dipteran__dipteron  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
  member:  #family_Cecidomyidae__Cecidomyidae  gall midges
     member:  #gall_midge__gallfly__gallgnat  fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
     member:  #genus_Mayetiola__Mayetiola  a genus of Cecidomyidae
        member:  #Hessian_fly__Mayetiola_destructor  small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
  member:  #superfamily_Muscoidea__Muscoidea  two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
  member:  #family_Muscidae__Muscidae  two-winged flies especially the housefly
     member:  #genus_Musca__Musca  type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
        member:  #housefly__Musca_domestica  common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
  member:  #fly  two-winged insects characterized by active flight
  member:  #family_Glossinidae__Glossinidae  flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies
     member:  #genus_Glossina  type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies
        member:  #tsetse_fly__tsetse__tzetze_fly__tzetze__glossina  blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
  member:  #family_Calliphoridae__Calliphoridae  blowflies
     member:  #genus_Calliphora__Calliphora  type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies
        member:  #blowfly__blow_fly  large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
     member:  #genus_Lucilia__Lucilia  greenbottle flies
        member:  #greenbottle_fly__greenbottle  blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
     member:  #genus_Sarcophaga__Sarcophaga  flesh flies
        member:  #flesh_fly__fleshfly__Sarcophaga_carnaria  fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
  member:  #family_Tachinidae__Tachinidae  parasites on other insects
     member:  #tachina_fly__tachinafly  bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
  member:  #family_Gasterophilidae__Gasterophilidae  horse botflies
     member:  #genus_Gasterophilus__Gasterophilus  type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies
        member:  #horse_botfly__horsebotfly__Gasterophilus_intestinalis  parasitic chiefly on horses
  member:  #family_Cuterebridae__Cuterebridae  New World botflies
     member:  #genus_Cuterebra__Cuterebra  type genus of the Cuterebridae
     member:  #genus_Dermatobia__Dermatobia  larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
        member:  #human_botfly__humanbotfly__dermatobiahomini  large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
  member:  #family_Oestridae__Oestridae__Hypodermatidae__family_Hypodermatidae  warble flies
     member:  #genus_Oestrus__Oestrus  type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies
        member:  #sheep_botfly__sheepbotfly__sheep_gadfly__sheepgadfly__Oestrus_ovis  larvae are parasitic on sheep
     member:  #genus_Hypoderma__Hypoderma  in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies
        member:  #warble_fly  hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
  member:  #family_Tabanidae__Tabanidae  horseflies
     member:  #horsefly__cleg__clegg__horse_fly__horsefly  large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
  member:  #family_Bombyliidae__Bombyliidae  bee flies
     member:  #bee_fly__beefly  hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
  member:  #family_Asilidae__Asilidae  robber flies
     member:  #robber_fly__bee_killer__beekiller  swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
  member:  #family_Trypetidae__Trypetidae__Trephritidae__family_Trephritidae  fruit flies; some leafminers
     member:  #genus_Rhagoletis__Rhagoletis  a genus of Trypetidae
        member:  #apple_maggot__applemaggot__railroad_worm__Rhagoletis_pomonella  larvae bore into and feed on apples
     member:  #genus_Ceratitis__Ceratitis  Mediterranean fruit flies
        member:  #Mediterranean_fruit_fly__medfly__Ceratitis_capitata  small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
     member:  #genus_Philophylla__Philophylla  leaf miners
  member:  #family_Drosophilidae__Drosophilidae  fruit flies
     member:  #genus_Drosophila  a genus of Drosophilidae
        member:  #drosophila__Drosophila_melanogaster  small fly used in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
        member:  #vinegar_fly  flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
  member:  #family_Hippoboscidae__Hippoboscidae  winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
     member:  #louse_fly__lousefly__hippoboscid  blood-sucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
     member:  #genus_Hippobosca__Hippobosca  type genus of the Hippoboscidae
        member:  #horse_tick__horsetick__horsefly__Hippobosca_equina  winged fly parasitic on horses
     member:  #genus_Melophagus__Melophagus  an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
        member:  #sheep_ked__sheepked__sheeptick__sheeptick__melophagusovinu  wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
  member:  #genus_Haematobia__Haematobia  European genus of bloodsucking flies
     member:  #horn_fly__Haematobia_irritans  small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
  member:  #suborder_Nematocera__Nematocera  mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
     member:  #family_Culicidae__Culicidae  mosquitoes
        member:  #mosquito  two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
        member:  #wiggler__wriggler  larva of a mosquito
        member:  #genus_Aedes__Aedes  yellow-fever mosquitos
           member:  #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti  mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
           member:  #Asian_tiger_mosquito__Aedes_albopictus  striped native of Japan thriving in United States southeast and midwest and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
        member:  #genus_Anopheles__Anopheles  malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
           member:  #anopheline  any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
           member:  #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito  transmits the malaria parasite
        member:  #genus_Culex__Culex  type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
           member:  #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens  common house mosquito
           member:  #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans  widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
     member:  #family_Ceratopogonidae__Ceratopogonidae  biting midges; sand flies
        member:  #punkie__punky__punkey__no-see-um__biting_midge  minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
        member:  #genus_Ceratopogon__Ceratopogon  type genus of the Ceratopogonidae
     member:  #family_Chironomidae__Chironomidae  midges
        member:  #midge  minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
        member:  #genus_Chironomus__Chironomus  type genus of the Chironomidae
     member:  #Mycetophilidae__family_Mycetophylidae  fungus gnats
        member:  #fungus_gnat  mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
     member:  #family_Psychodidae__Psychodidae  very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
        member:  #psychodid  a fly of the family Psychodidae
        member:  #genus_Phlebotomus__Phlebotomus  small blood-sucking sand flies that resemble moths
           member:  #sand_fly__Phlebotomus_papatasii  blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever
     member:  #family_Sciaridae__Sciaridae  fungus gnats
        member:  #genus_Sciara  type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat
           member:  #sciara__fungus_gnat__sciarid  minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
     member:  #family_Tipulidae__Tipulidae  crane flies
        member:  #crane_fly__cranefly__daddy_longlegs  long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
  member:  #family_Simuliidae__Simuliidae  blackflies and sand flies
     member:  #genus_Simulium__Simulium  type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
        member:  #black_fly__blackfly__buffalo_gnat__buffalognat  small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

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