Q&A: Why flies matter, their vital role in ecosystems, and surprising diversity

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...
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Diptera collections

The Diptera collection is one of the world’s leading research collections, with more than 2.5 million specimens, including important type material. The collection dates back to the 18th century and ...
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Flies : the natural history & diversity of Diptera / Stephen A. Marshall

Flies : the natural history & diversity of Diptera / Stephen A. Marshall Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author ...
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Fossil history of the Diptera and their associations with plants

Labandeira, Conrad C. 2005. "Fossil history of the Diptera and their associations with plants." In The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. Wiegmann, B. and Yeates, D ...