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The calyptrate Diptera are relatively homogenous in their appearance compared to the Nematocera, being mostly robust flies with conspicuous bristles — in fact the epitome of the popular idea of flies′. The 18 000 or so described species form a natural group (′subsection′) within the higher Diptera (i.e. the infraorder Muscomorpha). Their classification is described in brief in Chapter 3.
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Crosskey, R.W., Lane, R.P. (1993). House-flies, blow-flies and their allies (calyptrate Diptera). In: Lane, R.P., Crosskey, R.W. (eds) Medical Insects and Arachnids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1554-4_11
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