Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
info
Chapter:
4-466.40.00
Diptera
English: flies.
Name: from the Greek di meaning two, and pteron meaning wing.
Genera: ± 1000000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described.
Zoology
Flies are insects with a single pair of wings, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.