242 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY 



SUMMARY OF THE DIPTERA 



Suborder I. Typical Diptera (Diptera genuina). 



Section I. Antennas with over five segments. Long-horned Diptera 



(Nematocerd). 

 Aquatic larvae. 



Families. Mosquitoes (Culicidae\ 



Midges (Chironomidae, etc.). 

 Black-flies (Sinniliidae]. 

 Nonaquatic larvae. 



Families. Crane-flies (Tipulidae). 



Fungus-gnats (Mycetophilidae). 

 Gall-gnats ( Cecidomyiidae}. 

 Section 2. Antennae with five or less segments. Short-horned Diptera 



(Brachycera). 



Third antennal segment ringed. 

 Families. Horse-flies (Tabanidae). 



Soldier-flies (Stratiomyidae). 

 Antennae with four or five segments. 

 Families. Robber-flies (Asilidae]. 

 Midas-flies (Midaidae). 



Antennae with three segments ; with an arista on third segment. 

 Families. Bee-flies (Bombyliidae). 

 Flower-flies (Syrphidae\ 

 Wasp-flies (Conopidae). 

 Bot-flies (Oestridae). 

 Superfamily. Muscids (Muscind]. 



House-flies, etc. (Miiscidae). 

 Flesh-flies (Sarcophagidae]. 

 Root-maggot flies (Ant homy iidae). 

 Tachina-flies (Tachinidae). 

 Fruit-flies (Trypetidae). 

 Suborder II. Pupipara. 



Families. Louse-flies (Hippoboscidae], 

 Bat-ticks (Nycteribiidae), 

 Bee-lice (Braulidae}. 



