"Diptera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced hindwings, separate Diptera from other insects with one pair of wings. The order includes the families Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Phoridae, SARCOPHAGIDAE, Scatophagidae, Sciaridae, SIMULIIDAE, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Trypetidae, CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; GLOSSINIDAE; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; and PSYCHODIDAE. The larval form of Diptera species are called maggots (see LARVA).
| Descriptor ID |
D004175
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Diptera- Diptera
- Dipteras
- Flies, True
- Fly, True
- True Flies
- True Fly
- Flies
- Fly
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diptera" by people in Profiles.
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Human Cutaneous Myiasis by the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae), in Oklahoma. J Forensic Sci. 2015 Jul; 60(4):1099-100.
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Ophthalmomyiasis interna anterior in a dog: keratotomy and extraction of a Cuterebra sp. larva. Vet Ophthalmol. 2014 Nov; 17(6):448-53.
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Human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) larva in a child's scalp mimicking osteomyelitis. Emerg Radiol. 2013 Jan; 20(1):81-3.
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Of worms, flies, dwarfs, and things that go bump in the night. Sci Aging Knowledge Environ. 2002 Oct 30; 2002(43):pe17.
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Differential recovery of mRNA transcripts using acid organic extraction techniques: quantification of abl mRNA abundance in the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala. SAAS Bull Biochem Biotechnol. 1993; 6:21-30.
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DNA sequence analysis of an abl-related gene in the blow fly, Calliphora erythrocephala. SAAS Bull Biochem Biotechnol. 1990 Jan; 3:58-62.
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Isolation and characterization of abl gene sequences in Calliphora erythrocephala. Gene. 1987; 59(1):63-76.