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Created by Anisa Albisser
about 3 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Tipulidae (crane flies) -long halteres -prominent rostrum -long and narrow wings and legs | |
| Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats) -hump back -long legs -long apical spurs on tibiae | |
| Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) -small -long antennae -no tibial spurs on long legs -less wing venation | |
| Psychodidae (moth/sand flies) -very hairy -longitudinal wing veins -flat (roof like) wings | |
| Culicidae (mosquito) -long, slender proboscis -scale covered wings and body -most wing veins reach margin -plumose antennae in male | |
| Simuliidae (blackflies) -humpback appearance -short legs, broad wings -strong anterior (top) veins, weak bottom -short antennae | |
| Ceratopogonidae (no-see-ums) -very small -rounded apex of wing -plumose male antennae | |
| Chironomidae (midges) -plumose antennae -narrow wings | |
| Tabanidae (horseflies) -closed celled wings -separated eyes -stylate antennae -fatter body | |
| Asilidae (robber flies) -bee mimic -large, separated eyes -thinner body -spiney legs | |
| Bombyliidae (bee flies) -long proboscis -hairy body -often banded/spotted wings | |
| Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) -long stilt like legs -typically green or coppery | |
| Hippoboscidae (louse fly) -anterior margins of wings crowded -dorso ventrally flattened -weird legs | |
| Tachinidae -bristles bristles bristles! | |
| Muscidae (house fly) -3 segmented tristate antennae | |
| Calliphoridae (blowflies) -blue or green colouring | |
| Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) -checker board pattern | |
| Oestridae -bee like appearance -broad and flat head | |
| Tephritidae (fruit flies) -patterned wings - | |
| Drosophilidae -small -brown/yellow in colour | |
| Conopidae (thick-headed flies) -black and yellow -broad head with long proboscis -geniculate antennae | |
| Stratiomydae (soldier fly) -Robust to slender -know both morphs | |
| Pipunculidae -compound eyes the size of their heads | |
| Syrphidae (hover flies) -black and yellow markings -closed cells do not reach wing margin | |
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Diopsidae -those eyes thoooo |
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