Diptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Insects with simply two wings (true flies) were brought together under the name Diptera.

Oestrus (botflies)

Tipula (craneflies)

Tabanus (horse flies)

  • Tabanus bovinusTabanus bovinus
  • Tabanus calensTabanus calens
  • Tabanus tarandinusHybomitra tarandina
  • Tabanus exaestuansLeucotabanus exaestuans
  • Tabanus fervensPhaeotabanus fervens
  • Tabanus mexicanusChlorotabanus mexicanus
  • Tabanus bromiusTabanus bromius, band-eyed brown horsefly
  • Tabanus occidentalisTabanus occidentalis
  • Tabanus tropicusHybomitra tropica
  • Tabanus antarcticusTabanus antarcticus
  • Tabanus pluvialisHaematopota pluvialis
  • Tabanus caecutiensChrysops caecutiens

Culex (mosquitoes)

  • Culex pipiens & Culex bifurcatusCulex pipiens, northern house mosquito
  • Culex pulicarisCulicoides pulicaris
  • Culex reptansSimulium reptans
  • Culex equinusSimulium equinum
  • Culex stercoreus – [nomen dubium]

Empis (dance flies)

Asilus (robber flies)

Bombylius (bee flies)

Hippobosca (louse flies)

References

  1. ^ Tipula vernalis in NHM
  2. ^ Tipula vernalis in INPN
  3. ^ Spies, M. (2011). "Typical types – a swan song? Observations on chironomids in the Linnean collections, and corresponding general considerations". Chironomus: Journal of Chironomidae Research. 24: 30–35. doi:10.5324/cjcr.v0i24.1393.