Diptera: Two-winged flies
Summary :
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Biting midges (Culicoides)
- Blackflies (Simuliidae)
- Horseflies and deerflies (Tabanidae)
- Other biting diptera
- Myiasis
- Furuncular myiasis
- Migratory myiasis
- Wound myiasis
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
Insects of the order diptera are characterized by one pair of wings. The second pair is usually modified to form a pair of drumsticklike structures known as halteres. A typical life cycle consists of eggs, limbless larvae, pupae, and winged adults, but numerous variations exist. Mouthparts are of the sucking type. Females of many species, although free living, take blood or other tissue fluids from vertebrates, injecting salivary secretions that are not intrinsically toxic but are potent sensitizing agents for most humans. Larvae of some diptera are human parasites. Other adult diptera feed indiscriminately on feces and human foodstuffs. These habits make them by far the most important arthropod vectors of human disease.
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Research papers | 11/19/2007 | en | .doc | 2 pages
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