Dipteran Wings

Wing venation in brachyceran dipterans. A) Chrysops sp. (Tabanidae), wings often with one of more transverse bands. B) Tabanus sp. (Tabanidae). C) Musca sp. (Muscidae), wing vein four bends upward to join costa near vein three. D) Stomoxys calcitrans (Muscidae). E) Cochliomyia hominivorax (Calliphoridae). F) Wohlfartia vigil (Sarcophagidae).

Insect wing diagrams with corresponding letters

Line drawings courtesy Steve J. Upton