Orders

Adult Diptera Features

Waist

7. Mesonotum with V-shaped suture above front edge of wings .....(cranne . flies) TIPULIDAE
Mesonotum without V-shaped suture....8 8. With long beak; scales on wing veins ........(mosquitoes) CULICIDAE
Beak short or absent; scales on wings absent ................................9 18. Spurious vein present in wing [Fig. 395(G)) ............. (flower flies) SYRPHIDAE
Spurious vein absent in wing.................. (big beaded flies) PIPUNCULIDAE 20. Wings with distinct patterns ..............................................21
Wings lacking distinct patterns ........................................... 24 21. Subcosta wing vein bent abruptly toward.............................. (fruit flies) TEPHRITIDAE
Subcosta wing vein only slightly curved toward costa .....................22 24. Either specialized wing lobes at posterior base of wing or mouthparts vestigial .....26
Basal wing lobes absent; mouthparts well developed ..........................25 25. Costa broken once (just prior to R1 vein; arista bare)...............................(chloropid flies) CHLOROPIDAE
Costa broken twice (at R1 and at humoral cross vein) ....................................(shore flies) EPHYDRIDAE