DeCS

Descriptor English:

Diptera

Descriptor Spanish:

Dípteros

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	dípteros
Entry term(s)	Diptera mosca moscas moscas verdaderas moscas, mosquitos y tábanos tábano tábanos
Scope note:	Orden de la clase Insecta. Las alas, cuando existen, son dos, lo que distingue al género Diptera de las llamadas moscas, en tanto que los halterios, o alas posteriores reducidas, separan el género Diptera de otros insectos con un par de alas. El orden incluye las familias Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, Sarcophagidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE, CHIRONOMIDAE, CULICIDAE, DROSOPHILIDAE, GLOSSINIDAE, MUSCIDAE, TEPHRITIDAE y PSYCHODIDAE. Las formas larvarias de la especie Diptera se denominan gusanos (ver LARVA).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Dípteros

Descriptor French:

Diptera

Entry term(s):

Diptères
Mouches
Vraies mouches

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004175

Scope note:

An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced hindwings, separate Diptera from other insects with one pair of wings. The order includes the families Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, SARCOPHAGIDAE, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; GLOSSINIDAE; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; and PSYCHODIDAE. The larval form of Diptera species are called maggots (see LARVA).

Annotation:

for killing Diptera with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES; DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES see ODONATA , MAYFLIES see EPHEMEROPTERA & FIREFLIES are also available; index caddisfly & stonefly under INSECTS; index sawfly & ichneumon fly under HYMENOPTERA; infestation by fly maggots = MYIASIS

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

4232

Unique ID:

D004175

NLM Classification:

QX 505

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01