Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances || Flies and Mosquitoes (Order: Diptera)

✍ Scribed by Barceloux, Donald G.

• Book ID: 101396597
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 100 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 047172761X
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470330319.ch171

✦ Synopsis

A single pair of wings characterizes the members of this order of blood -sucking insects (biting fl ies and mosquitoes). A small knobbed structure that functions as a stabilizer appears behind the wings.