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Family Lonchaeidae - Lance Flies

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Key to flies of the families Lonchaeidae, Pallopteridae, and Sapromyzidae of the Eastern United States with a list of the specie

By Malloch, J.R. and McAtee, W.L.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 65, issue: 2525, pages 1-26, 1925

Full title is "Key to flies of the families Lonchaeidae, Pallopteridae, and Sapromyzidae of the Eastern United States with a list of the species of the District of Columbia region"

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 25 June, 2016 - 11:50pm

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Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora): Definition, history and relationships

By Lonsdale O.
Zootaxa 4735: 1‒177, 2020

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Contributed by v belov on 18 August, 2023 - 5:45pm

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Comparative morphology of the male terminalia of Tephritidae and other Cyclorrhapha

By Sueyoshi M.
Isr. J. Entomol. 35: 477-496, 2005

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Contributed by v belov on 26 December, 2014 - 8:22pm

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Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from C

By Osten Sacken, C. R. Baron von
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 189-354., 1877

I used this for original descriptions of Asilidae.

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Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California.

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Contributed by Glen Forister on 12 December, 2024 - 12:35pm

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Pollinating flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production

By Ssymank A., Kearns C.A., Pape T., Thompson F.C.
Biodiversity 9: 86‒89, 2011

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Contributed by v belov on 19 January, 2024 - 6:19pm

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New Diptera from North and Central America

By Curran C.H.
Am. Mus. novitates 415: 1-16, 1930

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Contributed by v belov on 17 August, 2021 - 8:46pm

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DIPTERA: an Introduction to Flies

By Nikita Vikhrev
Phyton publisher, Moscow, 2020

Available on NHBS (UK): https://www.nhbs.com/diptera-an-introduction-to-flies-book
Diptera: An Introduction to Flies is easy to read and gives a general introduction to this order of amazing insects.
The book was first published in Russian in 2019. the current English version was substantially extended and revised by the author and editors.
160 pages, 250 colour photos, hardback

Contributed by Nikita Vikhrev on 20 November, 2020 - 2:08pm

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Monographs of the Diptera of North America

By Hermann Loew
Smithsonian Institution, Volume 6, 1862

View Monograph here

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 21 November, 2017 - 9:56pm

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