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Definition of Diptera
1. Noun. A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Dipteran, Dipteron, Dipterous Insect, Two-winged Insects, Cecidomyidae, Family Cecidomyidae, Muscoidea, Superfamily Muscoidea, Family Muscidae, Muscidae, Fly, Family Glossinidae, Glossinidae, Calliphoridae, Family Calliphoridae, Family Tachinidae, Tachinidae, Family Gasterophilidae, Gasterophilidae, Cuterebridae, Family Cuterebridae, Family Hypodermatidae, Family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, Family Tabanidae, Tabanidae, Bombyliidae, Family Bombyliidae, Asilidae, Family Asilidae, Family Trephritidae, Family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, Trypetidae, Drosophilidae, Family Drosophilidae, Family Hippoboscidae, Hippoboscidae, Genus Haematobia, Haematobia, Nematocera, Suborder Nematocera, Family Simuliidae, Simuliidae
Derivative terms: Dipterous
Definition of Diptera
1. n. pl. An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.
Definition of Diptera
1. dipteron [n] - See also: dipteron
Medical Definition of Diptera
1. Order of insects with one pair of wings, the second pair being modified into balancing organs, the halteres, the mouthparts are modified for sucking or piercing. The insects show complete metamorphosis in that they have larval, pupal and imaginal stages. The order includes the flies and mosquitoes, best known genera are Anopheles and Drosophila. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diptera
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