Flee

Flees is insects o the Order Diptera (Greek: di = twa, an pteron = wing), that hase ae pair o wings on the mesothorax an a pair o halteres, derived frae the hind wings, on the metathorax. The hooseflee (Musca domestica) is a richt flee an is ane o the maist braid distreebute ainimals.

Flee
Temporal range: 245–0 Ma
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S
D
C
P
T
J
Pg
N
Middle Triassic – Recent
Syrphus ribesii, shawin chairacteristic dipteran features: lairge een, smaw antennae, suckin moothpairts, single pair o fleein weengs, hindweengs reduced tae clublik halteres
Scientific classification e
Kinrick:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Cless:Insecta
(unranked):Antliophora
Order:Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758

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