Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota

Diptera

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachycera
Nematocera

Danish: brachycera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: tweevleugeligen

English: two-winged flies sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: two-winged flies sources: Charles Hussey

French: diptères

German: Zweiflügler

Swedish: tvåvingar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Двокрилі

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
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

WoRMS (2014). Diptera. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118088

Taxonomic Coordinator. Diptera. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10877