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Kwik-Key to Common Families of Diptera
Select "YES" or "NO" for your specimen:
Is there a transverse suture across the thorax (in front of the wings)? Are the calypters large and conspicuous?
(Calypters are usually white or translucent in color, like wax paper, and have a fringe of hairs.)
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