insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
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two-winged insects::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect |
| Type of | insect |
| Has types | bee killer, crane fly, daddy longlegs, fly, fruit fly, fungus gnat, gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly, gnat, sciarid, louse fly, mosquito, pomace fly, robber fly, sciara, hippoboscid |
Examples of two-winged insects
two-winged insects
The fossil is 322 million years old but it suggests that winged insects evolved much earlier, for it has two sets of wings, folded back along its body.
From the newscientist.com
