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Superfamily Muscoidea

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Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.
Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1981
This volume includes: introduction; chapters on morphological terms for adults and larva; keys to family for adults and larvae; keys to genera for all non-Schizophoran flies, e.g. "Nematocera", "Orthorrhapha," and Empidoidea.

An easier search to find family info on the PDF, courtesy of V. Belov:

To jump to family chapters in the PDF files, enter the following
numbers into the pdf viewer page # box (volume indicated before the
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Acartophthalmidae 2:195 • Acroceridae 1:585 • Agromyzidae

A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
By Alan Stone, et al.
United States Department of Agriculture, 1965
Nomenclature is dated, of course. One nice feature is range information.

The Flies of Western North America
By Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger
University of California Press, 1969
Although out of print, and in some respects out of date, I have consulted this tome numerous times where I had nothing else available. It has been a very valuable resource.
Since this book is out of print, the Amazon link doesn't seem to work. See here for internet availability: 1.

Entomology for beginners: for the use of young folks, fruit-growers, farmers, and gardeners
By A.S. Packard
Henry Holt and Company, 1888
This little volume is an interesting glimpse into the science of entomology in the late 1800s, but today it is most useful as a source of public domain figures. Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library

Facts and theories concerning the insect head
By R.E. Snodgrass
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 142, (1), 1–61, 1960
Detailed information and illustrations of insect head structures, but with somewhat dated terminology; available online and indicated as not in copyright in the United States.

Notes on the Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Kansas, with keys to the identification of species
By smith, Roger C.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 7: 120-144, 1934

New records and notes on the distribution of aquatic insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in southeastern Arizona
By Pintar M.R.
Western N.Amer. Naturalist 84: 125–132, 2024

Review of parasitoid wasps and flies associated with Limacodidae in North America, with a key to genera
By Michael W. Gates, John T. Lill, Robert R. Kula, J,E. O'Hara, D.B. Wahl, D.R. Smith, J,B. Whitfield, S.M. Murphy, & T.M. Stoepler
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(1): 24-110, 2012
Full title: Review of parasitoid wasps and flies (Hymenoptera, Diptera) associated with Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with a key to genera.

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