Diptera
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δίπτερα (díptera), from δι- (di-, “two”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).
Proper noun[edit]
Diptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – true flies.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class
Hyponyms[edit]
- (order): Brachycera, Nematocera - suborders
References[edit]
- Diptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Diptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Diptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Diptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Diptera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248