Diptera

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
BRACHYCERA short-horned flies	Suborder	52 subtaxa	947 images	58 ident. refs
Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	144 subtaxa	2,005 images	74 ident. refs
Eremoneura - Empidoidea an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	71 subtaxa	555 images	51 ident. refs
MICROPHORIDAE a family of flies	Family			1 ident. refs
NEMATOCERA thread-horned flies, gnat	Suborder	218 subtaxa	1,891 images	190 ident. refs
OSCINELLINAE a subfamily of chloropid flies	Subfamily			1 ident. refs
Schizophora - Acalyptratae an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	316 subtaxa	3,456 images	291 ident. refs
Schizophora - Calyptratae an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	179 subtaxa	2,797 images	105 ident. refs
Stratiomyomorpha an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	24 subtaxa	346 images	16 ident. refs
TETHINIDAE a family of flies	Family			1 ident. refs
Diptera (unidentified) Unidentified Two-winged Flies	Unidentified		6 images

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Diptera Info
	Beuk, P.		Online-Keys.net	www.online-keys.net/infusions/keys/keys_view.php
	Colyer, C.N. & Hammond, C.O.	1951	Flies of the British Isles	Wayside and Woodland, 383pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
	Falk, S.		Diptera (flies)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
()	Guthrie, M.	1989	Animals of the Surface Film	Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
	Haenni, J-P	2004	Les Mouches - planches d’Eugène Séguy / Flies - plates by Eugène Séguy	63pp, Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle Neuchatel
()	McAlpine, J.F. et al	1981	Manual of Nearctic Diptera	1581pp, Entomological Society of Canada
	Oldroyd, H.	1954	Diptera 1. Introduction and Key to Families	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX, Part 1, 2 edition, 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
	Papp, L. & Darvas, B.	2000	Palaearctic Diptera: Appendix	Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Appendix, 604pp, Science Herald, Budapest
	Pearce, E.K.	1921	* Typical Flies - a photographic atlas *(Superseded)	Cambridge University Press
	Scudder, G.G.E. & Cannings, R.A.	2006	The Diptera Families of British Columbia	158pp
	Stubbs, A.	2003	* Dipterists Forum Starter Pack *(Superseded)	96pp, Dipterists Forum
	Wuilbaut, J.J.		Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut)	users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons
Aquatic/Larvae
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Aquatic
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Dung
	Skidmore, P.	1991	Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community	AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council
Families
	Ball, S.	2008	British Families of Diptera
	Dipterists Forum		Families of British Diptera	www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/wiki/families:diptera_families
	Oosterbroek, P.	2006	The European Families of the Diptera: identification, diagnosis, biology	205pp, KNNV Publishing
	Unwin, D.M.	1981	A Key to the Families of British Diptera	AIDGAP, 143, 40pp, Field Studies Council
Freshwater/Larvae
	Dobson, M.	2010	Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies)	https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Host Plants
()	Kirk, W.D.J.	1992	Insects on Cabbages and Oilseed Rape	Naturalists' Handbooks, 18, 66pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Larvae/Freshwater
	Dobson, M.	2010	Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies)	https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
	Sundermann, A. Lohse, S., Beck, L.A. & Haase, P.	2007	Key to the larval stages of aquatic true flies (Diptera), based on the operational taxa list for running waters in Germany	Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Vol 43 (1): 61-74.
Larvae
()	Smith, K.V.G.	1989	An Introduction to the immature stages of British Flies	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, part 14, 280pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Leaf-miners
	György Csóka	2003	Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners	192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest
	Robbins, R.	1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
On Thistles
	Redfern, M.	1995	Insects and Thistles	Naturalists' Handbooks, No 4, Second (revised) edition, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Plant Galls
()	Redfern, M. & Shirley, P.	2011	British Plant Galls	AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
()	Redfern, M. & Shirley, P.	2002	* British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi *(Superseded)	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
()	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor)	1986	* Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls *(Superseded)	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

DIPTERA (two-winged flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

DIPTERA is also a member of:

Identification Works

Aquatic/Larvae

Aquatic

Dung

Families

Freshwater/Larvae

Host Plants

Larvae/Freshwater

Larvae

Leaf-miners

On Thistles

Plant Galls

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