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Department of Invertebrates
General Enthomology Collection
Order Diptera (Flies)
Flies are ecologically essential as pollinators, parasites, predators and decomposers, but many damage crops, and the disease-carrying species have a huge impact on wild and domesticated animals, as well as on humans. There are 130 families and 122 000 species of flies worldwide.
- Family Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining flies)
- Family Asilidae (Robber flies)
- Family Bombyliidae (Bee flies)
- Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)
- Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
- Family Tabanidae (Horse flies)
- Family Tephritidae (Fruit flies)
- Family Oestridae (Bot flies)
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