"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diptera" by people in Profiles.
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Parker TB, Meiklejohn KA, Dahlem GA, Eagle RC, Heersink MJ. Ophthalmomyiasis Case Caused by Two Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Species in North America. ScientificWorldJournal. 2024; 2024:2209301.
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Mori MT, Paulson CL, Greenberg MR, Roth KR. Point-of-care ultrasound utilized for foreign body in a toe: A case report of botfly?larvae. J Emerg Med. 2022 06; 62(6):e105-e107.
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Levy AD, Harcke HT, Mallak CT. Postmortem imaging: MDCT features of postmortem change and decomposition. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Mar; 31(1):12-7.
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Farris HE, Oshinsky ML, Forrest TG, Hoy RR. Auditory sensitivity of an acoustic parasitoid (Emblemasoma sp., Sarcophagidae, Diptera) and the calling behavior of potential hosts. Brain Behav Evol. 2008; 72(1):16-26.
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Price KM, Murchison AP, Bernardino CR, Kang SJ, Grossniklaus HE. Ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by Dermatobia hominis in Florida. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 May; 91(5):695.
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Mason AC, Lee N, Oshinsky ML. The start of phonotactic walking in the fly Ormia ochracea: a kinematic study. J Exp Biol. 2005 Dec; 208(Pt 24):4699-708.
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Oshinsky ML, Hoy RR. Physiology of the auditory afferents in an acoustic parasitoid fly. J Neurosci. 2002 Aug 15; 22(16):7254-63.
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Mason AC, Oshinsky ML, Hoy RR. Hyperacute directional hearing in a microscale auditory system. Nature. 2001 Apr 5; 410(6829):686-90.