INSECTA

Order: Diptera
- flies and mosquitos are under this
order
- one pair of membranous wings
- second pair of wings are reduced to
small knobs called halteres, for
balancing
- body is hairy, has a pair of compound
eyes, and a pair of very short
antennae
they
develop
by
complete
metamorphosis
- larvae are called maggots
Suborder: Nematocera
- generally primitive flies
- bodies are elongated w/ long
abdomen
- larvae are mostly aquatic
Family: Tipulidae (Crane Flies)
Family: Culicidae (Mosquitos)
Family: Bibionidae (March Flies)
Suborder: Brachycera
- have short to very short antennae
- robust fliers
- head capsule is incomplete or absent
- larvae are all with 3 instars stages
- pupae is inside puparium formed
from last larval skin
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Rhagionidae (Snipe Flies)
Family: Tabanidae (Horse and Deer
Flies)
Family: Stratiomyidae (Soldier Flies)
Superfamily: Asiloidea

Family: Asilidae (Robber Flies)

Family: Apioceridae (Flower-loving
Flies)
Family: Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family:
Dolichopodidae
(Dolichopodid Flies)
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Superfamily: Ephyroidea
Family: Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family:
Platystomatidae
(Signal
Flies)
Family: Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Superfamily: Muscoidea
Family: Muscidae (Bush Flies)
Family: Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)
Family: Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Family: Tachinidae (Tachinid Flies)
ARACHNIDA
- have no wings
- have compound eyes
- eight-legged
Order: Acari (ticks and mites)
- 40 000 described species
- idiosoma is most of the body
including most of the cephalothorax;
capitulum (gnathosoma) is at the
anteriormost part of the cephalothorax
Family: Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
- harms humans and mammals
Family: Argasidae (Soft Ticks)
- harms mostly birds
Family: Sarcoptidae (Scabies)
Family: Trombiculidae (Red Bugs and
Chiggers)