242 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY 



SUMMARY OF THE DIPTERA 



Suborder I. Typical Diptera (Diptera genuind). 



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



(Nematocerd). 

 Aquatic larvae. 



Families. Mosquitoes (Culicidae\ 



Midges (Chironomidae, etc.). 

 Black-flies (Simuliidae). 

 Nonaquatic larvae. 



Families. Crane-flies ( Tipulidae\ 



. Fungus-gnats (Mycetophilidae). 



Gall-gnats (Cecidomyiidae). 

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



(Brachycera). 



Third antennal segment ringed. 

 Families. Horse-flies (Tabanidae). 



Soldier-flies (Stratiomyidae). 

 Antennas 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. (Muscidae). 

 Flesh-flies (Sarcophagidae). 

 Root-maggot flies (Anthomyiidae\ 

 Tach i n a-flies ( Tach in idae). 

 Fruit-flies (Trypetidae], 

 Suborder II. Pupipara. 



Families. Louse-flies (Hippoboscidae). 

 Bat-ticks (Nycteribiidae\ 

 Bee-lice (Braulidae], 



