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insects

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Find true flies, including mosquitos information at Animal Diversity Web

True flies, including mosquitos

Diptera

Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
- Phylum Arthropoda (insects, crustaceans, and their kin)
  - Class Insecta (insects)
    - Order Diptera (true flies, including mosquitos)
      - Family Syrphidae (flower flies)
      - Family Culicidae (mosquitos)

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