dipterous insect

/ˌdɪptərəs ˌɪnˈsɛkt/

Other forms: dipterous insects

Definitions of dipterous insect

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects

   types:

   gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly

   fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants

   fly

   two-winged insects characterized by active flight

   bee killer, robber fly

   swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing

   fruit fly, pomace fly

   any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

   hippoboscid, louse fly

   bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

   mosquito

   two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

   gnat

   any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

   fungus gnat

   mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation

   fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid

   minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings

   crane fly, daddy longlegs

   long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite

   Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor

   small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains

   Musca domestica, house fly, housefly

   common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases

   glossina, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly

   bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

   blow fly, blowfly

   large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds

   Sarcophaga carnaria, flesh fly

   fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals

   tachina fly

   bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects

   gadfly

   any of various large flies that annoy livestock

   bee fly

   hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects

   Rhagoletis pomonella, apple maggot, railroad worm

   larvae bore into and feed on apples

   Ceratitis capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly

   small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit

   Drosophila melanogaster, drosophila

   small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

   vinegar fly

   flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves

   Hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly

   winged fly parasitic on horses

   Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick

   wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

   Haematobia irritans, horn fly

   small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn

   gnat

   (British usage) mosquito

   Aedes aegypti, yellow-fever mosquito

   mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

   Aedes albopictus, Asian tiger mosquito

   striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases

   anopheline

   any mosquito of the genus Anopheles

   malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito

   transmits the malaria parasite

   Culex pipiens, common mosquito

   common house mosquito

   Culex fatigans, Culex quinquefasciatus

   widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms

   biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky

   minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects

   midge

   minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

   psychodid

   a fly of the family Psychodidae

   Phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly, sandfly

   any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

   armyworm

   larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted

   black fly, blackfly, buffalo gnat

   small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

   type of:

   insect

   a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum