DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Suborder 52 subtaxa 947 images 58 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 144 subtaxa 2,005 images 74 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 71 subtaxa 555 images 51 ident. refs
Family 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Suborder 218 subtaxa 1,891 images 190 ident. refs
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Infraorder 316 subtaxa 3,456 images 291 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Infraorder 179 subtaxa 2,797 images 105 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Infraorder 24 subtaxa 346 images 16 ident. refs
Family 1 ident. refs
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Unidentified 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Diptera Info
Beuk, P. Online-Keys.net www.online-keys.net/infusions/keys/keys_view.php
Colyer, C.N. & Hammond, C.O. 1951 Flies of the British Isles Wayside and Woodland, 383pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
() Guthrie, M. 1989 Animals of the Surface Film Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Haenni, J-P 2004 Les Mouches - planches d’Eugène Séguy / Flies - plates by Eugène Séguy 63pp, Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle Neuchatel
() McAlpine, J.F. et al 1981 Manual of Nearctic Diptera 1581pp, Entomological Society of Canada
Oldroyd, H. 1954 Diptera 1. Introduction and Key to Families Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX, Part 1, 2 edition, 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Papp, L. & Darvas, B. 2000 Palaearctic Diptera: Appendix Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Appendix, 604pp, Science Herald, Budapest
Pearce, E.K. 1921 *** Typical Flies - a photographic atlas ***(Superseded) Cambridge University Press
Scudder, G.G.E. & Cannings, R.A. 2006 The Diptera Families of British Columbia 158pp
Stubbs, A. 2003 *** Dipterists Forum Starter Pack ***(Superseded) 96pp, Dipterists Forum
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Aquatic/Larvae

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Aquatic

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Dung

Skidmore, P. 1991 Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council

Families

Ball, S. 2008 British Families of Diptera
Dipterists Forum Families of British Diptera www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/wiki/families:diptera_families
Oosterbroek, P. 2006 The European Families of the Diptera: identification, diagnosis, biology 205pp, KNNV Publishing
Unwin, D.M. 1981 A Key to the Families of British Diptera AIDGAP, 143, 40pp, Field Studies Council

Freshwater/Larvae

Dobson, M. 2010 Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Host Plants

() Kirk, W.D.J. 1992 Insects on Cabbages and Oilseed Rape Naturalists' Handbooks, 18, 66pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Larvae/Freshwater

Dobson, M. 2010 Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Sundermann, A. Lohse, S., Beck, L.A. & Haase, P. 2007 Key to the larval stages of aquatic true flies (Diptera), based on the operational taxa list for running waters in Germany Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Vol 43 (1): 61-74.

Larvae

() Smith, K.V.G. 1989 An Introduction to the immature stages of British Flies Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, part 14, 280pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Leaf-miners

György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest
Robbins, R. 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

On Thistles

Redfern, M. 1995 Insects and Thistles Naturalists' Handbooks, No 4, Second (revised) edition, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Plant Galls

() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 *** Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls ***(Superseded) 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

DIPTERA (two-winged flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4,140 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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