Diptera
(Two winged flies, true flies)

    In Egypt Diptera are represented by 1380 species, 504 genera under 63 families.
Flies are abundant in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem where they play important ecological roles as pollinators, detritivores, predators and parasites.
Minute to very large insects. This is the fourth largest order of insects. Diptera are the major disease carrying insects, or they transmit food and water bacterea and viruses and are agricultural pests.

Suborder Nematocera

Bibionidae

Cecidomyiidae

Ceratopogonidae

Chironomidae

Culicidae

Mycetophilidae

Poychodidae

Scatopsidae

Sciaridae

Simuliidae

Tipulidae

Suborder Brachycera

Acroceridae

Asilidae

Bombyliidae

Dolichopodidae

Empididae

Mydidae

Nemestrinidae

Rhagionidae

Scenopoinidae

Stratiomyidae

Tabanidae

Therevidae

Suborder Cyclorrhapha

Division: Aschiza

Conopidae

Phoridae

Pipunculidae

Syrphidae

Division: Schizophora

Section: Acalyptrata

Agromyzidae

Asteiidae

Braulidae

Canaceidae

Chamaemyiidae

Chloropidae

Chyromidae

Curtonotidae

Drosophilidae

Ephydridae

Heleomyzidae

Lauxaniidae

Lonchaeidae

Section: Calyptratae

Anthomyiidae

Calliphoridae

Gasterophilidae

Hippoboscidae

Muscidae

Nycteribidae

Oestridae

Sarcophagidae

Streblidae

Tachinidae