dipterous insect

Noun
  1. Insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing (synset 102191351)
    is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    subtypes:
    • gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
    • fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight
    • bee killer, robber fly - swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
    • fruit fly, pomace fly - any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
    • hippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
    • mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
    • gnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
    • fungus gnat - mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
    • fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid - minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
    • crane fly, daddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
    belongs to: diptera, order diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
    has: balancer, halter, haltere - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
    same as: dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects

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