dipteron

haltere, balancer, halter - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

insect - small air-breathing arthropod

Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants

fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight

bee killer, robber fly - swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing

fruit fly, pomace fly - any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

hippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

gnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

fungus gnat - mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation

fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid - minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings

crane fly, daddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite