long-legged flies
1long-legged fly — ▪ insect any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are tiny and metallic blue, green, or copper in colour. These flies prey on smaller insects and are found around damp, marshy places. The male has conspicuous… …
2dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
3crane fly — noun long legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite • Syn: ↑daddy longlegs • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
4Dolichopodidae — Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent Sciapus sp. Scientific classification Kingdom …
5Neriidae — Telostylinus lineolatus from India Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
6Crane fly — Nephrotoma (spotted crane fly) …
7Empididae — Dagger flies and balloon flies Temporal range: Cretaceous Recent Male Empis livida Scientific classification Kingdom …
8Empidoidea — Taxobox name = Empidoidea image width = 220px image caption = Empis sp. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo …
9Midge — Midge, n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D. mug, G. m[ u]cke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m?, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan. myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. ? to low, bellow.] (Zo[ o]l.) [1913 Webster] 1. Any one of many small, delicate, long …
10Strongylophthalmyiidae — Taxobox name = Strongylophthalmyiidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo = Brachycera infraordo = Muscomorpha zoosectio =… …
