Chironomidae (Diptera) are among the most diverse and widespread aquatic insects, with roughly 5,500 described species inhabiting an enormous variety of aquatic ecosystems, ranging from moist soils to ...
The Diptera collection is one of the world’s leading research collections, with more than 2.5 million specimens, including important type material. The collection dates back to the 18th century and ...
This photo provided by researchers in September 2025 shows a Diptera Brachycera fly of the family Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) trapped in a Cretaceous-era amber sample discovered in Ecuador. / ...
Labandeira, Conrad C. 2005. "Fossil history of the Diptera and their associations with plants." In The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. Wiegmann, B. and Yeates, D ...
Flies : the natural history & diversity of Diptera / Stephen A. Marshall Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author ...
I am the Senior Curator for Diptera and Siphonaptera. I manage the lower Brachycera, Mycetophilidae and Culicidae collections in Diptera, and the Siphonaptera collection. My specific interests lie ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 93, No. 4 (December, 2010), pp. 584-589 (6 pages) Endoparasitoid phorid flies, Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae) are important biological control agents of imported ...
Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows. Buzzing insects may be seen as ...