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Mycetophilidae: (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae) - Diptera, Nematocera

By Hutson, A. M.; Ackland, D. M. & Kidd, L. N.
Royal Entomological Society of London, 1980

Handbooks for the identification of British insects - Vol. IX, Part 3

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Contributed by Bjoern Rulik on 8 November, 2010 - 12:48pm

The Systematics, Phylogeny, and Zoogeography of Symmerus Walker and Australosymmerus Freeman (Mycetophilidae: Ditomyiinae)

By Munroe, Donald Douglas
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada - No. 92, 1974

Diptera: Sciaroidea: Ditomyiidae

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Contributed by Bjoern Rulik on 5 November, 2010 - 5:44am

Guide to the Insects of Connecticut Part VI. The Diptera or True Flies Fifth Fascicle: Midges and Gnats

By Johannsen OA, Townes HK, Shaw FR, Fisher EG
State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 80, 1952

Contents
Tendipedidae (Chironomidae) by Johannsen OA and Townes HK
Heleidae (Ceratopogonidae) by Johannsen OA
Fungivoridae (Mycetophilidae) by Shaw FR and Fisher EG

not available online as far as I know

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 29 July, 2021 - 11:27pm

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.

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

Found here.

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

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

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

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

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

Monographs of the Diptera of North America

By Hermann Loew
Smithsonian Institution, Volume 6, 1862

View Monograph here

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

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