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Diptera
A large group of insects, including mosquitoes, gnats, midges, house flies, and tsetse flies, that possess a single pair of wings. The mouthparts of many species, e.g., mosquitoes and tsetse flies, are specialized for sucking blood; these forms are important in the transmission of disease.
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