Diptera and other Fly families of Thailand

Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae - Robber flies

The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae - Blow flies

The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with 1,100 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as gentles. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae - Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae. Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) pierce the hosts' skin to consume blood. The roles of many species of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases. In passing from host to host, some transmit extremely harmful infections such as malaria, yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile virus, dengue fever, filariasis, Zika virus and other arboviruses, rendering it the deadliest animal family in the world. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Diopsidae - Stalk-eyed Flies

Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by the possession of "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species from other families such as Drosophilidae, Platystomatidae, Richardiidae, and Tephritidae have similar heads, but the unique character of the Diopsidae is that their antennae are located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in all other flies. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae - Long-legged flies

Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Wikipedia

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Dolichopodidae Long-legged fly

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Order: Diptera
Family: Micropezidae - Stilt-legged flies

The Micropezidae are a moderate-sized family of acalyptrate muscoid flies in the insect order Diptera, comprising about 500 species in about 50 genera and five subfamilies worldwide. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae - House flies

Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species in over 100 genera. Wikipedia

Neomyia lauta (Wiedemann 1830) Cheelong Chaiyaphum September

Order: Diptera
Family: Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies

Flies in the family Sarcophagidae are commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or open wounds of mammals, hence their common name. Wikipedia

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Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis (Fallén,1817) Red-tailed Flesh fly Cheelong Chaiyaphum Thailand September

Sarcophaga aurifrons (Macquart 1846) Chiang Mai

Sarcophaga aurifrons (Macquart 1846) Chiang Mai

Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies

The soldier flies are a family of flies, historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha. The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Wikipedia

Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus 1758) Black Soldier Fly July

Odontomyia sp.

Ptecticus aurifer (Walker, 1854) Chiang Mai

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Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae - Hoverflies

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. Wikipedia

Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787) Chiang Mai

Mesembrius vestitus (Wiedemann, 1824) Chiang Mai

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Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae - Horse and Deer Flies

Horse-flies or horseflies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and the females bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. Wikipedia

Tabanus rubidus (Wiedemann,1821) female 20 mm Cheelong Chaiyaphum April

Tabanus striatus (Fabricius, 1787) Horsefly female

Tabanus striatus (Fabricius, 1787) Horsefly male Cheelong Chaiyaphum March

Tabanus rubidus (Wiedemann,1821) Horsefly (male) 20 mm Cheelong Chaiyaphum April

Chrysops sp. (deer fly) Cheelong Chaiyaphum April

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Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae

The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera. Insects in this family commonly are called tachina flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods. Wikipedia

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Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae - Crane flies

Crane flies are found worldwide, though individual species usually have limited ranges. They are most diverse in the tropics, and are also common in northern latitudes and high elevations. Wikipedia

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Hexatoma (Eriocera) gravelyi (Chiang Mai Prov.)

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Hexatoma (Eriocera) gravelyi (Chiang Mai Prov.)

Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae - Fruit flies

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The Tephritidae family does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". Wikipedia

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Bactrocera carambolae (Drew & Hancock, 1994) Carambola Fruit Fly Chaiyaphum

Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi, 1916) Guava Fruit Fly, Chiang Mai

Bactrocera invadens (Drew, Tsura & White, 2005) Asian Fruit Fly Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum Thailand May

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Batrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett,1849) Melon Fruit Fly Cheelong Chaiyaphum February

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Order: Diptera
Family: Therevidae - Stiletto flies

The Therevidae are a family of flies of the superfamily Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semiarid regions with sandy soils. The larvae are predators of insect larvae in soil. Wikipedia

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Order: Mecoptera
Family: Panorpidae - Scorpionflies

The Panorpidae are a family of scorpionflies. This family contains more than 350 species. They are 9–25 mm long. These insects have four membranous wings and threadlike antennae. Their elongated faces terminate with jaws that are used to feed on dead and dying insects, nectar, and rotting fruit. While in larval form, they scavenge by consuming dead insects on the ground. Wikipedia

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Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: ? - Mayfles

Mayflies (also known as Canadian soldiers in the United States, or shadflies or fishflies in Canada and Michigan; also up-winged flies in the United Kingdom ) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000 species of mayfly are known worldwide, grouped into over 400 genera in 42 families. Wikipedia

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Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae - Antlions

The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the family Myrmeleontidae, known for the fiercely predatory habits of their larvae, which in many species dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. The adult insects are less well known, as they mostly fly at dusk or after dark, and may be mistakenly identified as dragonflies or damselflies; they are sometimes known as antlion lacewings. Wikipedia

Palpares pardus (Rambur, 1842} 65 mm Cheelong Chaiyaphum September

Order: Neuroptera
Family: Ascalaphidae - Owlfies

Owlflies are dragonfly-like insects with large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. They are neuropterans in the family Ascalaphidae; they are only distantly related to the true flies, and even more distant from the dragonflies and damselflies. They are diurnal or crepuscular predators of other flying insects, and are typically 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Wikipedia