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fly

A member of the insect order Diptera, even though some groups may be generally refered to as 'midges', 'gnats', etc.. In compound names containing 'fly' for members of this order, the name is written as two words as in 'crane fly'. For insects that are members of other orders the name is written as a single word as in 'butterfly'.
Examples of these are:
mayfly: order Ephemeroptera;
dragonfly and damselfly: order Odonata;
stonefly: order Plecoptera;
whitefly: order Hemiptera;
firefly: order Coleoptera;
alderfly, dobsonfly, and fishfly: order Megaloptera;
snakefly, mantidfly, and owlfly: order Neuroptera;
sawfly: order Hymenoptera;
caddisfly: order Trichoptera;
butterfly: order Lepidoptera;
scorpionfly, earwigfly, and hangingfly: order Mecoptera.

forensic

Forensic means legal and in respect of Diptera refers to any
situation in which flies become a court issue. Pest and nuisance species are thus included as species of forensic importance as are calliphorid and other maggots in murder cases.
See http://en.wikiped...entomology.

fruit flies

Vernacular name used for different families of flies. The more generally accepted use is for the family Tephritidae, though in the Old World also commonly used for the family Drosophilidae.

gall

An abnormal growth (often a swelling) of plant tissue, caused by external stimuli, generally by insects such as gall wasps (Cynipidae), and gall midges (Cecidomyidae) but also by mites, aphids, psyliids and some Lepidoptera. Sometimes galls are formed by bacteria, parasitic fungi or other diseases of the plant so galls induced by insects are called insect galls.
Links: http://en.wikiped.../wiki/Gall

hair

microtrichium (synonym)
macrotrichium (synonym)
seta

(synonym)

holotype

The single specimen designated or otherwise fixed as the name-bearing type of a nominal species or subspecies when the nominal taxon is established. (From the Glossary of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature).

homonym

In nomenclature the word homonym is used for identical but independently proposed names for the same or different taxa. For exampe: Ochromyia Lehrer, 2005 is a homonym of Ochromyia Macquart, 1835. As a rule, the junior (more recent) name (in this case Ochromyia Lehrer, 2005) is invalid.

honeymoon fly

love bug (synonym)

house flies

Vernacular name used for the family Muscidae, more precisely for Musca domestica, the house fly.
Links: http://en.wikiped...i/Muscidae.

house fly

Vernacular name used for Musca domestica
Links: http://en.wikiped...i/Housefly.

hover flies

Vernacular name used for the family Syrphidae.
Links: http://en.wikiped...Flower-fly.

humeral calli

postpronotal lobe (synonym)

humeral callus

postpronotal lobe (synonym)

humeral plate

basicosta (synonym)

humeral seta

postpronotal seta (synonym)

humeri

postpronotal lobe (synonym)

humerus

postpronotal lobe (synonym)

humpback flies

scuttle flies (synonym)

hunchback flies

small-headed flies (synonym)

hypopleuron

meron (synonym)

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