- Concept UI
- M0006531
- Registry Number
- txid7147
- Scope Note
- An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced hindwings, separate Diptera from other insects with one pair of wings. The order includes the families Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, SARCOPHAGIDAE, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; GLOSSINIDAE; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; and PSYCHODIDAE. The larval form of Diptera species are called maggots (see LARVA).
- Terms
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Diptera
Preferred Term
Term UI
T012673
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1966)
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Flies, True
Term UI
T012675
Date05/19/1980
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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Flies
Term UI
T012674
Date05/23/1980
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)