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Definition of Diptera in English: Dipteraplural nounˈdɪpt(ə)rəˈdɪptərə Entomology 1A large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hindwings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres). It includes many biting forms such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies that are vectors of disease. Example sentencesExamples - Diets of little brown myotis and eastern pipistrelles were highly diverse, consuming an even proportion of six orders of insects including Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Tricoptera.
- The staminate and pistillate flowers of S. mucugensis and S. curralensis were visited by insects belonging to three orders: Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera.
- The leaf mining habit is known to have evolved only in four extant orders of insects: the Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera.
- Pollination in I. floridanum is affected by litter-dwelling insects to include Diptera and Coleoptera.
- The species of insects studied prior to this study were from 11 orders, but the vast majority were from four orders: Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera.
- 1.1diptera Insects of the order Diptera; flies.
many diptera bask in sunlight Example sentencesExamples - The final species, Asclepias cucullata, is infrequently visited by Diptera, bees and other insects.
- We hypothesize that the Drosophila Adh gene may not be orthologous with the other known Adh genes of higher diptera.
- Small flowers and red petals suggest pollination by small diptera or lepidoptera, but the flowers do not appear to produce nectar.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros 'two-winged', from di- 'two' + pteron 'wing'. Definition of Diptera in US English: Dipteraplural nounˈdɪptərəˈdiptərə Entomology 1A large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hind wings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres). It includes many biting forms, such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies, that are vectors of disease. Example sentencesExamples - The species of insects studied prior to this study were from 11 orders, but the vast majority were from four orders: Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera.
- Diets of little brown myotis and eastern pipistrelles were highly diverse, consuming an even proportion of six orders of insects including Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Tricoptera.
- Pollination in I. floridanum is affected by litter-dwelling insects to include Diptera and Coleoptera.
- The leaf mining habit is known to have evolved only in four extant orders of insects: the Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera.
- The staminate and pistillate flowers of S. mucugensis and S. curralensis were visited by insects belonging to three orders: Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera.
- 1.1as plural noun diptera Insects of the order Diptera; flies.
many diptera bask in sunlight Example sentencesExamples - The final species, Asclepias cucullata, is infrequently visited by Diptera, bees and other insects.
- Small flowers and red petals suggest pollination by small diptera or lepidoptera, but the flowers do not appear to produce nectar.
- We hypothesize that the Drosophila Adh gene may not be orthologous with the other known Adh genes of higher diptera.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros ‘two-winged’, from di- ‘two’ + pteron ‘wing’. |