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POMACE FLIES [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A family of insect which belongs to the order Diptera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille d'insectes de l'ordre des diptères (Diptera).

OBS

petites mouches à fruits : On devrait plutôt utiliser les termes drosophiles, mouches du vinaigre ou moucherons pour désigner la famille les insectes de la famille des Drosophilidae.

OBS

mouches des fruits : La plupart des auteurs utilisent ce terme pour désigner les insectes de la famille des Tephritidae (téphrites) et non pour désigner les Drosophilidae.

Spanish

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