Diptera - Flies

Diptera is an order of insects that contains true flies. Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. This order is estimated to contain 1,000,000 species, although only about 125,000 have been described. Diptera is one of the major insect orders and of considerable ecological and human importance. Flies are important pollinators, second only to Hymenopterans. Flies may have been among the evolutionarily earliest pollinators responsible for plant pollination. (Wkipedia, Tree of Life Web Project)

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Sarcophagine Flesh Fly - Need ID

Flies: Sarcophagine Flesh Flies Subfamily Sarcophaginae, Family Sarcophagidae, Order Diptera. Documented by night observation in Guanahacabibes National Park and Biosphere Reserve, Peninsula de Guanahacabibes, Cuba

Sarcophagine Flesh Fly Sarcophaginae Cuba Diptera Flesh Fly Guanahacabibes Guanahacabibes National Park Guanahacabibes Peninsula La Reserva de la Biosfera Península de Guanahacabibes Parque Nacional y Reserva de la Biosfera de Guanahacabibes Peninsula de Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve Península de Guanahacabibes National Park and Biosphere Reserve Pinar del Rio Reserva de Biosfera Guanahacabibes Sarcophagidae UNESCO Biosphere Reserve XplorMor International entomology fieldwork insect insect night observations ovoviviparous xplormor Entomology Insecta

From Cuba Entomology Field Research: Guanahacabibes

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