different between entomologist vs dipterist

English

Etymology

From entomology +? -ist.

Noun

entomologist (plural entomologists)

1. A scientist who studies insects.

Synonyms

• insectologer
• insectologist

Related terms

• entomologic
• entomological
• entomologically
• entomology

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French entomologiste

Noun

entomologist m (plural entomologi?ti)

1. entomologist

Declension

English

Etymology

From translingual Diptera +? -ist.

Noun

dipterist (plural dipterists)

1. An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (the true flies).
   • 1857, Henry Tibbats Stainton (editor), Review of Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica - Diptera, Volume 3, in The Entomologist's Annual, page 170,

     It must be very gratifying to Mr. Walker to hear the dictum of the great Dipterist of Posen, Professor Loew, that the arrangement “adopted by Mr. Walker is one of the best, or even the best, systematic arrangement of the Diptera that has yet been proposed."

   • 2010, Alan Stubbs, 27: Flies, beetles and bees, wasps and ants (Diptera, Coleoptera and aculeate Hymenoptera), Norman Maclean (editor), Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland, page 496,

     The Dipterists Forum (flies) has over 300 members (also known for its journal Dipterists Digest), the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society over 400 members (its journal is BWARS News) and the beetle enthusiasts have The Coleopterist journal, with 400 subscribers.