Diptera Collection (page 3)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 501
Diptera: Tanypus nebulosus = Anatopynia nebulosa (Clouded-winged Midge) [Plant: Aristolochia clematitis (Common Birthwort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 493
Diptera: Tipula longicornis = Tipula flavolineata (Long-horned Long-legs) [Plant: Sanguisorba officinalis (Great Burnet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 489
Diptera: Opetia lonchopteroides = Opetia nigra (Lonchoptera-like Opetia) [Plant: Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher?s Broom)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 485
Diptera: Cordylura livens = Hydromyza livens (Water-lily Cordylura Fly) [Plant: Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 477
Diptera: Tachydromia arrogans (Black-banded Tachydromia) [Plant: Senecio squalidus (Inelegant Rag-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 473
Diptera: Drosophila cameraria (Hairy-thoraxed Cellar-fly) [Plant: Drosera anglica (English Fly-trap)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 469
Diptera: Borborus hamatus = Crumomyia nomata (Toothed Borborus Fly) [Plant: Phallus hadriani (Phallus sp. - ?faintly violet-scented when fresh?)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 452
Diptera: Volucella inflata (Inflated Hover-fly) [Plant: Pentaglossis sempervirens (Anchusa sempervirens, Evergreen Alkanet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 444
Diptera: Molophilus brevipennis = Molophilus ater (Short-winged Mountain Gnat) [Plant: Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 441
Diptera: Oxycera morrisii (Lyme Regis Oxycera) [Plant: Listera ovata (Epipactis ovata, Common Twayblade)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 437
Diptera: Phora abdominalis = Diploneura florescens (Red-bodied Phora) [Plant: Myosurus minimus (Little Mouse-tail)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 432
Diptera: Eristalis nubilipennis = Eristalis cryptarum (Beautiful Hover-Fly) [Plant: Oenanthe pimpinelloides (Parsley Water Dropwort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 429
Diptera: Helophilus ruddii = Lejops vittatus (Yarmouth Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene nutans (Nottingham Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 425
Diptera: Xylota bifasciata = Chalcosyrphus bifasciatus (Four-spotted Hover-fly) [Plant: Conopodium majus (Bunium flexuosum, Common Earth-nut)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 421
Diptera: Hippobosca equina (Horse-fly or Ked) [Plant: Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 413
Diptera: Ephydra spiota = Ilythea spilota (Spotted-winged Ephydra) [Plant: Anchusa arvensis (Lycopus arvensis, Wild Bugloss)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 409
Diptera: Dixa nebulosa (Clouded-winged Crane-fly) [Plant: Ligustrum vulgare (Privet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 405
Diptera: Scatophaga scybalaria (Largest Dung-fly) [Plant: Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 401
Diptera: Tropidia rufomaculata = Tropidia scita (British Tropidia Hover-fly) [Plant: Scandix pecten-veneris (Venus?s Combe)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 397
Diptera: Drapetis aterrima = Crossopalpus curvipes (Sea-coast Drapetis) [Plant: Galium sp. (Galium palustre?, White Water-bedstraw)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 393
Diptera: Phytomyza lateralis = Cerodontha lateralis? (Feverfew Phytomyza) [Plant: Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. inodorum (Pyrethrum inodorum, Corn Feverfew)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 377
Diptera: Conops macrocephala = Conops quadrifasciatus (Yellow-banded Conops) [Plant: Moenchia erecta (Upright Pearl-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 365
Diptera: Leptomorphus walkeri (Southgate Crane-fly) [Plant: ? (Jungermannia epiphylla)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 337
Diptera: Beris geniculata (Pale-kneed Beris) [Plant: Mesopates orontium (Antirrhinum orontium, Lesser Snapdragon)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 285
Diptera: Sphaeromias albomarginatus = Sphaeromias fasciatus (White-bordered Sphaeromias) [Plant: Dactylorhiza (= Dactylorchis) maculata (Orchis maculata, Spotted Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 305
Diptera: Sargus reaumuri = Sargus bipunctatus (Reaumur?s Fly) [Plant: Cephalanthera damosonium (Epipactis grandiflora L. or E. pallens Swartz, White Epipactis)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 277
Diptera: Nycteribia latreillii = Nycteribia kolenatii (Small Bat-louse) [Plant: Inula conyza (Conyza squarrosa, Great Flea-bane)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 245
Diptera: Sepsis annulipes = Themira annulipes (Ring-footed Fly) [Plant: Trifolium ochroleucon (Brimstone Trefoil)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 241
Diptera: Tephritis cornutus = Terellia ceratocera (Long-horned Aster-fly) [Plant: Centaurea nigra (Black Knapweed)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 210
Diptera: Anopheles bifurcatus = Anopheles claviger (Plain Mosquito) [Plant: ? ( Agaricus plicatilis Curtis)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 186
Diptera: Ceria conopsoides = Ceriana conopsoides (Long-horned Hover-Fly. Not British) [Plant: Briza media (Common Quaker-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 182
Diptera: Rhingia campestris = Rhingia macrocephala (Chequered-bodied Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene dioica (Melandrium rubrum; Lychnis dioica var. diurna, Red Campion)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 178
Diptera: Cecidomyia verna = Contarina verna (Curtis): Vernal Crane-fly) [Plant: Galeobdolon luteum (Yellow Archangel)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 162
Diptera: Medeterus notatus = Scellus notatus (Spotted-winged Medeterus) [Plant: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Ox-eye)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 153
Diptera: Dasypogon brevirostris, = Leptarthrus brevirostris (Slender-legged Robber-fly) [Plant: Blackstonia perfoliata (Chlora perfoliata, Perforated Yellow-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 146
Diptera: Gasterophilus salutiferus = Gasterophilus nasalis (Healthful Bot- or Warble-fly) [Plant: Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabis thaliana, Common Wall Cress)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 142
Diptera: Melophagus ovinus (Sheep-louse, Sheep-tick or Ked) [Plant: Hydrocotyle vulgaris (Pennyrot, etc.)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 138
Diptera: Bibio venosus (Veined Crane-fly) [Plant: Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 134
Diptera: Platyura flavipes = Orfelia nemoralis (Yellow-legged Fungus-gnat) [Plant: Catapodium rigidum (Poa rigida, Hard Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 130
Diptera: Hilaria cilipes = Hilara curtisi (Fan-footed Empida) [Plant: Stellaria holostea (Greater Stitchwort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 126
Diptera: Tyrophaga casei = Piophila casei Cheese-feeding Fly) [Plant: Foeniculum vulgare (Anethum foeniculum, Common Fennel)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 122
Diptera: Craterina hirundinis = Stenepteryx hirundinis (Swallow?s Ked) [Plant: Erophila verna (Draba verna, Common Whitlow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 110
Diptera: Henops marginatus, Ogcodes gibbosus (Pale-margined Henops) [Plant: Chrysosplenium oppositifolium (Opposite-leaved Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 106
Diptera: Oestrus pictus = Pharyngomyia picta (Deer Bot- or Warble-fly) [Plant: Valerianella dentata (Valeriana dentata, Oval-fruited Corn-salad)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 102
Diptera: Rhyphus fenestralis = Sylvicola fenestralis (Domestic Gnat-like fly) [Plant: Solanum dulcamara (Bitter-sweet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 94
Diptera: Laphria nigra = Choerades marginatus (Black Robber-fly) [Plant: Sison amomum (Bastard Stone Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 98
Diptera: Merodon clavipes (Beautiful Merodon Hover-fly. Extinct in Britain) [Plant: Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Common Daffodil)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 90
Diptera: Chaeronomus aestivus = Eurycnemus crassipes (Bentleyan Midge) [Plant: Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort)] Date: 1824-39

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Diptera, the order of insects commonly known as flies and mosquitoes, encompasses a vast array of species with fascinating characteristics. From ancient times to modern scientific discoveries, it has captured the attention of researchers and nature enthusiasts alike. One remarkable find is the mosquito trapped in Dominican amber, preserved for millions of years. This tiny creature offers a glimpse into prehistoric ecosystems and evolutionary history. Similarly, H. W. Bates' illustrated notebooks provide valuable insights into the world through his meticulous observations. Within this diverse order, we encounter various species such as Simulium damnosum, also known as the Simulian blackfly notorious for transmitting diseases to humans and animals. On the other hand, there are harmless yet intriguing creatures like the hornet mimic hoverfly that imitates its dangerous counterpart for protection. The female Aedes punctor mosquito takes center stage in Sequence 4/4 by resting after feeding on human blood—a behavior both captivating and unsettling. Meanwhile, examining a blackfly antenna reveals intricate structures adapted for survival. Anopheles gambiae stands out among mosquitoes due to its role as a carrier of malaria—a disease that continues to affect millions worldwide. In contrast, spotting a fly on a cactus at Valencia's botanical garden reminds us that they are be found even in urban environments across Europe. Delving deeper into their anatomy using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we discover astonishing details about stalk-eyed flies—creatures with elongated eye stalks that serve various purposes within their complex biology. Not all Diptera pose threats or hold significant medical importance; some simply lead quiet lives like sandflies or enjoy indulging in sugar feasts under SEM observation—an unexpected sight indeed. Lastly, gall midges encased in Baltic amber offer glimpses into ancient plant-insect interactions—an invaluable resource for understanding ecological relationships throughout time. Exploring Diptera opens up an enthralling world of insects that range from disease vectors to harmless pollinators.