Mecoptera cum Siphonapteris artissime coniunguntur, ac remotius a Dipteris distant. Dipterorum quidem aliquantum similia sunt, parva et media, corporibus longis et tenuibus, atque alis contractis et membranaceis. Plurima in circumiectis humidis nascuntur, sicut in detritu foliorum et in musco, ac fetura se ex ovis excludere non potest donec tempora humida incipiant. Larvae, erucarum similes, plerumque holeribusvescuntur, pupaeque non vescentes diapausam pati possunt donec caelum sit idoneum.
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