#dipterous_insect__dipterousinsect__two-winged_insects__dipteran__dipteron  insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
  supertype:  #insect  small air-breathing arthropod
  part:  #haltere
  member of:  #order_Diptera
  subtype:  #gall_midge__gallfly__gallgnat  fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
     subtype:  #Hessian_fly__Mayetiola_destructor  small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
  subtype:  #fly  two-winged insects characterized by active flight
     subtype:  #housefly__Musca_domestica  common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
     subtype:  #tsetse_fly__tsetse__tzetze_fly__tzetze__glossina  blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
     subtype:  #blowfly__blow_fly  large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
        subtype:  #Calliphora_vicina__bluebottle  blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
        subtype:  #greenbottle_fly__greenbottle  blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
     subtype:  #flesh_fly__fleshfly__Sarcophaga_carnaria  fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
     subtype:  #tachina_fly__tachinafly  bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
     subtype:  #gadfly  any of various large flies that annoy livestock
        subtype:  #botfly  stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
           subtype:  #horse_botfly__horsebotfly__Gasterophilus_intestinalis  parasitic chiefly on horses
           subtype:  #human_botfly__humanbotfly__dermatobiahomini  large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
           subtype:  #sheep_botfly__sheepbotfly__sheep_gadfly__sheepgadfly__Oestrus_ovis  larvae are parasitic on sheep
        subtype:  #warble_fly  hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
        subtype:  #horsefly__cleg__clegg__horse_fly__horsefly  large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
     subtype:  #bee_fly__beefly  hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
     subtype:  #horn_fly__Haematobia_irritans  small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
  subtype:  #robber_fly__bee_killer__beekiller  swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
  subtype:  #fruit_fly__fruitfly__pomace_fly  any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
     subtype:  #apple_maggot__applemaggot__railroad_worm__Rhagoletis_pomonella  larvae bore into and feed on apples
     subtype:  #Mediterranean_fruit_fly__medfly__Ceratitis_capitata  small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
     subtype:  #drosophila__Drosophila_melanogaster  small fly used in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
     subtype:  #vinegar_fly  flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
  subtype:  #louse_fly__lousefly__hippoboscid  blood-sucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
     subtype:  #horse_tick__horsetick__horsefly__Hippobosca_equina  winged fly parasitic on horses
     subtype:  #sheep_ked__sheepked__sheeptick__sheeptick__melophagusovinu  wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
  subtype:  #mosquito  two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
     subtype:  #gnat.mosquito  British usage
     subtype:  #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti  mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
     subtype:  #Asian_tiger_mosquito__Aedes_albopictus  striped native of Japan thriving in United States southeast and midwest and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
     subtype:  #anopheline  any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
     subtype:  #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito  transmits the malaria parasite
     subtype:  #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens  common house mosquito
     subtype:  #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans  widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
  subtype:  #gnat  any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
     subtype:  #punkie__punky__punkey__no-see-um__biting_midge  minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
     subtype:  #midge  minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
     subtype:  #psychodid  a fly of the family Psychodidae
     subtype:  #sand_fly__Phlebotomus_papatasii  blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever
     subtype:  #black_fly__blackfly__buffalo_gnat__buffalognat  small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
  subtype:  #fungus_gnat  mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
  subtype:  #sciara__fungus_gnat__sciarid  minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
     subtype:  #armyworm  larva of fungus gnat; march in large companies in regular order
  subtype:  #crane_fly__cranefly__daddy_longlegs  long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite

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