List of Diptera families

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This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies). The classification is based largely on Pape et al. (2011). Many of the fossil species are of uncertain placement and are retained in separate lists broadly under Nematocera and Brachycera. [1]

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Diptera
Nematocera

Deuterophlebiomorpha

Nymphomyiomorpha

Tipulomorpha

Ptychopteromorpha

Psychodomorpha

Culicomorpha

Neodiptera

Perissommatomorpha

Bibionomorpha

Brachycera

Orthorrhapha

Eremoneura
Cyclorrhapha

Aschiza

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Calyptratae

Nematocera

Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha

Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha

Infraorder Psychodomorpha

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Infraorder Perissommatomorpha

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

Nematocera families known only as fossils

Brachycera

Orthorrhapha

Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Rhagionoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Stratiomyoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Tabanoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Xylophagoidea Fallén, 1810
Superfamily Empidoidea Latreille, 1804
Superfamily Apystomyioidea Nagatomi & Liu, 1994

Aschiza

Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
Superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Superfamily Carnoidea Newman, 1834
Superfamily Ephydroidea Zetterstedt, 1837
Superfamily Lauxanioidea Macquart, 1835
Superfamily Lonchaeoidea
Superfamily Nerioidea Westwood, 1840
Superfamily Opomyzoidea Fallén, 1820
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea Macquart, 1835
Superfamily Tanypezoidea Rondani, 1856 (7 families)
Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834

Calyptratae

Superfamily Hippoboscoidea Samouelle, 1819
Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Oestroidea Leach, 1815

Brachycera families known only as fossils

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<i>Otites</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Pherbellia</i> Genus of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sciomyzinae</span> Subfamily of flies

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References

  1. Pape, Thomas; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Mostovski, Michail B. (2011). "Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758". In Zhang, Z. Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (PDF). Magnolia Press. pp. 222–229.
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