| A Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei) eating a bee.
Chapter Outline- Description of Insecta
- Classification of Insecta
- Archaeognatha & Zygentoma
- Pterygota
- Neoptera
- Orthopteroidea
- Orthoptera
- Paraneoptera
- Endopterygota
- Diptera
- Hymenoptera
- Lepidoptera and Trichoptera
- Coleoptera
Links to external sites will appear in pop-up windows. | | | Diptera is the order of flies, gnats, mosquitoes, etc.Organisms:- Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei) - NOAHEOL
- House Fly (Musca sp.) - ubiquitous
- Aedes spp. - mosquitos that transmit Dengue Fever
- Aedes aegypti - mosquitos that transmit Zika virus
- Aedes albopictus - mosquitos that transmit Zika virus
- Anopheles spp. - mosquitos that spread malaria
- Culex spp. - mosquitos that transmit West Nile Virus
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