It could be a fly. The order Diptera classifies insects that have one pair of wings, according to Smithsonian. Over 110,000 fly species have been described, but there may be more buzzing about.

House flies (Musca domestica) belong to the order Diptera, or true flies. Diptera flies possess modified hind wings that have evolved into tiny, sticklike structures with a knob at the end, called ...

Figure 1. Phylogenetic arrangement of Diptera showing the more advanced Brachycerans and the position of the Asilidae (robberflies) within it. It was again Linnaeus, or Linne, who described these ...

She is fond of all flies, but focuses on those that are included in the lower Diptera, which include mosquitoes, black flies and, as she puts it, “everything that’s bitey, stabby, nasty”.

About the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera project. The Manual of Afrotropical Diptera provides an up-to-date, well-illustrated, interpretable means for identifying families and genera of two-winged ...

Ricardo Adaime, Maria do Socorro Miranda de Sousa, Cristiane Ramos de Jesus-Barros, Ezequiel da Glória de Deus, José Francisco Pereira, Pedro Carlos Strikis, Miguel Francisco de Souza-Filho, ...

Townsend,a specialist in the study of Diptera (flies, gnats, and mosquitoes), first published his findings some twenty years ago (says a male bot fly can go 818 M.P.H. and a female 614 M.P.H.).

Crane flies look a lot like very large mosquitoes, which is no surprise as both belong to the order Diptera of true flies. These insects have been on earth for a long time.

Say the word “fly” to someone and you likely will get a negative reaction. ... To date, more than 125,000 species in the Order Diptera (flies) have been described.