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.
All modern identities are taken from "Systema Dipterorum", accessed November 18, 2010. — present URL Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (28 September 2018)
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