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WoRMS taxon details

Diptera

AphiaID

118088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118088)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Pterygota

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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Suborder Brachycera
Suborder Nematocera

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Diptera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118088 on 2025-12-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Legakis, Anastasios

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Ecology

ecology source Edwards, F. W. (1926). 38. On Marine Chironomidae (Diptera); with Descriptions of a New Genus and four New Species from Samoa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 96(3): 779-806., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1926.tb07127.x [details]

Other

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Danish	brachycera	[details]
Dutch	tweevleugeligen	[details]
English	two-winged flies	[details]
French	diptères	[details]
German	Zweiflügler	[details]
Japanese	ハエ／双翅目	[details]
Swedish	tvåvingar	[details]
Ukrainian	Двокрилі	[details]