The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. Family: Limoniidae Speiser, 1909. Subfamily: Chioneinae Rondani, 1841. Genus: Cheilotrichia Rossi, ...
Thompson, F. Christian and Mathis, Wayne Neilsen. 1981. "Haliday's Generic Names of Diptera First Publised in Curtis' A Guide to...British Insects (1837)." Journal of the Washington Academy of ...
Blood-sucking insects, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, transmit viral, parasitic, or bacterial pathogens that cause severe diseases, including arboviruses, malaria, Lyme disease, and others.