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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.
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Graphical overview
Diptera
Nematocera
Deuterophlebiomorpha
Nymphomyiomorpha
Tipulomorpha
Ptychopteromorpha
Psychodomorpha
Culicomorpha
Neodiptera
Perissommatomorpha
Bibionomorpha
Brachycera
Nematocera
Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha
Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha
Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha
Infraorder Psychodomorpha
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Dixidae
Schiner , 1868
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Corethrellidae
Edwards , 1932
Chaoboridae
Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.
Culicidae
Meigen , 1818
Thaumaleidae
Bezzi , 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.
Simuliidae
Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
Ceratopogonidae
Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.
Chironomidae
Newman , 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae
Infraorder Perissommatomorpha
Infraorder Bibionomorpha
Anisopodidae
Knab , 1912 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.
Canthyloscelididae
Enderlein , 1912 Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae.
Scatopsidae
Newman , 1834
Axymyiidae
Shannon , 1921
Hesperinidae
Schiner , 1864
Bibionidae
Fleming , 1821 Synonyms: Penthetriidae, Pleciidae.
Pachyneuridae
Schiner , 1864 Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.
Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
Diadocidiidae
Winnertz , 1863
Mycetophilidae
Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae
Bolitophilidae
Winnertz , 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.
Keroplatidae
Rondani , 1856 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae
Lygistorrhinidae
Edwards , 1925
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
Sciaridae
Billberg , 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.
Cecidomyiidae
Newman , 1835 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.
Nematocera families known only as fossils
Ansorgiidae Krzemiñski & Lukashevich, 1993.
Antefungivoridae
Rohdendorf , 1938. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
Architendipedidae
Archizelmiridae
Rohdendorf , 1962.
Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 1990.
Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 1985.
Cascopleciidae
Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983.
Elliidae Krzeminska, Blagoderov & Krezmiñski, 1993.
Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996.
Eopleciidae .
Eopolyneuridae
Rohdendorf , 1962.
Eoptychopteridae .
Gracilitipulidae .
Grauvogeliidae Krzemiñski, 1999.
Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995.
Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiñski, 1995.
Hyperpolyneuridae . Rohdendorf, 1962
Limnorhyphidae .
Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986.
Mesophantasmatidae .
Mesosciophilidae
Rohdendorf , 1946.
Musidoromimidae .
Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995.
Oligophrynidae .
Oreodomyiidae .
Palaeophoridae
Rohdendorf , 1951. Synonym: Sciadoceridae
Parapleciidae .
Paraxymyiidae
Rohdendorf , 1946.
Pleciodictyidae .
Pleciofungivoridae
Rohdendorf , 1946. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1983.
Protendipedidae
Rohdendorf , 1951. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
Protobibionidae F. M. Carpenter 1992.
Protopleciidae
Rohdendorf , 1946. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
Protorhyphidae
Handlirsch , 1906.
Protoscatopsidae
Rohdendorf , 1946.
Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985.
Sinotendipedidae .
Strashilidae . Synonym: Vosilidae.
Tanyderophrynidae
Rohdendorf , 1962. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
Tethepomyiidae Grimaldi & Arillo, 2009
Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999.
Tipulodictyidae
Rohdendorf , 1962.
Tipulopleciidae
Rohdendorf , 1962.
Valeseguyidae Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006.
Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995.
Zhangobiidae . Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.
Brachycera
Orthorrhapha
Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802
Bombyliidae
Latreille , 1802 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.
Asilidae
Latreille , 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.
Mydidae
Latreille , 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
Apioceridae
Bigot , 1857
Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann 2006
Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991
Scenopinidae
Burmeister , 1835 Synonym: Omphralidae.
Therevidae
Newman , 1834
Mythicomyiidae Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae.
Superfamily Rhagionoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Stratiomyoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Tabanoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Xylophagoidea Fallén, 1810
Xylophagidae
Fallén , 1810 Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exeretonevridae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Rachiceridae, Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.
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
Acartophthalmidae
Czerny , 1928
Agromyzidae
Fallén , 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae
Anthomyzidae
Czerny , 1903
Asteiidae
Rondani , 1856 Synonym: Astiidae.
Aulacigastridae
Duda , 1924 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae.
Clusiidae
Handlirsch , 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.
Fergusoninidae
Tonnoir , 1937
Marginidae McAlpine, 1991
Megamerinidae
Hendel , 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.
Neminidae McAlpine, 1983
Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
Odiniidae
Hendel , 1920
Opomyzidae
Fallén , 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994)
Periscelididae
Oldenberg , 1914 Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
Teratomyzidae
Hennig , 1969
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820
Coelopidae
Hendel , 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.
Dryomyzidae
Schiner , 1862
Helcomyzidae
Hendel , 1924
Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965
Helosciomyzidae Steyskal, 1965
Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991
Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950
Ropalomeridae
Schiner , 1868
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Sciomyzidae
Fallén , 1820 Synonyms: Tetanoceridae.
Sepsidae
Walker , 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae.
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea Macquart, 1835
Chyromyidae
Schiner , 1863 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965)
Heleomyzidae
Westwood , 1840 Synonyms: Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae, Rhinotoridae, Chiropteraomyzidae.
Heteromyzidae
Fallén , 1820
Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980
Sphaeroceridae
Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae.
Superfamily Tanypezoidea Rondani, 1856 (7 families)
Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834
Ctenostylidae
Bigot , 1882
Pallopteridae
Loew , 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.
Piophilidae
Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Neottiophilidae, Thyreophoridae
Platystomatidae
Schiner , 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.
Pyrgotidae
Loew , 1868
Richardiidae
Loew , 1868
Tephritidae
Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae.
Ulidiidae
Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.
Calyptratae
Superfamily Hippoboscoidea Samouelle, 1819
Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Oestroidea Leach, 1815
Calliphoridae
Brauer &
Bergenstamm , 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae.
Mystacinobiidae Holloway, 1976
Oestridae
Leach , 1815 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.
Rhiniidae
Brauer &
Bergenstamm , 1889
Rhinophoridae
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1863 Synonym: Melanophoridae.
Sarcophagidae
Macquart , 1834
Tachinidae
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830 Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.
Ulurumyiidae Michelsen & Pape, 2017
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Brachycera families known only as fossils
Alinkidae Krzeminski, 1992
Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951
Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi, Cumming & Arillo, 2009.
Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000
Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962.
Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1951
Eophlebomyiidae Cockerell, 1925.
Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968.
Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009.
Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997
Orientisargidae Zhang 2012
Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938
Proneottiphilidae
Hennig , 1969
Prosechamyiidae Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2007
Protapioceridae Ren, 1998
Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1964
Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968.
Protomphralidae
Rohdendorf , 1957.
Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968
Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951
Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010
Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998
See also
References
^ 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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^ Michelsen, Verner; Pape, Thomas (2017). "Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology . 42 (4): 826–836.
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10.1111/syen.12252 .
S2CID
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African Invertebrates 47: 117-134.
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Families of Diptera found in Baltic Amber