diptera
diptera defined in 1951 year
diptera - diptera;diptera - Flies. Large order of endopterygote insects. Only one pair of wings, hind pair reduced to pegs (halteres). Larva caterpillar-like or grub-like. Adults have mouth parts highly specialized, e.g. for sucking nectar of flowers, or blood. Some blood-suckers are of great medical and economical importance because they transmit certain diseases, e.g. mosquitoes, tse-tse flies.
near diptera in Knolik
| dipsacus sylvestris | home letter "D" start from "DI" | disacgharide |
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