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The order Diptera, of two-winged flies, is of prime importance in medical entomology, containing as it does bloodsucking forms, disease vectors and various nuisances. It is a large and successful insect group divided into three suborders at different evolutionary levels: Nematocera, Brachycera and Cyclorrhapha. The first appears as fossils in the Permian while the other more advanced groups do not appear till the early Tertiary.
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Busvine, J.R. (1980). Bloodsucking flies. In: Insects and Hygiene. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3198-6_5
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