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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]
Graphical overview
Diptera
Nematocera
Deuterophlebiomorpha
Nymphomyiomorpha
Tipulomorpha
Ptychopteromorpha
Psychodomorpha
Culicomorpha
Neodiptera
Perissommatomorpha
Bibionomorpha
Brachycera
Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Tipulomorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Psychodomorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Culicomorpha [ edit ] Dixidae Schiner , 1868[ 3] Corethrellidae Edwards , 1932Chaoboridae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.Culicidae Meigen , 1818Thaumaleidae Bezzi , 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.Simuliidae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.Ceratopogonidae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.Chironomidae Newman , 1834 Synonym: TendipedidaeInfraorder Perissommatomorpha [ edit ] Infraorder Bibionomorpha [ edit ] Anisopodidae Knab , 1912 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.Canthyloscelididae Enderlein , 1912 Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae.Scatopsidae Newman , 1834Axymyiidae Shannon , 1921Hesperinidae Schiner , 1864Bibionidae Fleming , 1821 Synonyms: Penthetriidae, Pleciidae.Pachyneuridae Schiner , 1864 Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919Diadocidiidae Winnertz , 1863Mycetophilidae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, ManotidaeBolitophilidae Winnertz , 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.Keroplatidae Rondani , 1856 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, NecromyzidaeLygistorrhinidae Edwards , 1925Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002Sciaridae Billberg , 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.Cecidomyiidae Newman , 1835 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.Nematocera families known only as fossils [ edit ] 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, 1962Limnorhyphidae .Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986.Mesophantasmatidae .Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf , 1946.Musidoromimidae .Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995.Oligophrynidae .Oreodomyiidae .Palaeophoridae Rohdendorf , 1951. Synonym: SciadoceridaeParapleciidae .Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf , 1946.Pleciodictyidae .Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf , 1946. Synonym: FungivoritinaeProcramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1983.Protendipedidae Rohdendorf , 1951. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.Protobibionidae F. M. Carpenter 1992.Protopleciidae Rohdendorf , 1946. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. PalaeoplecidaeProtorhyphidae 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, 2009Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999.Tipulodictyidae Rohdendorf , 1962.Tipulopleciidae Rohdendorf , 1962.Valeseguyidae Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006.Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995.Zhangobiidae . Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802 Bombyliidae Latreille , 1802 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.Asilidae Latreille , 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.Mydidae Latreille , 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, MydasidaeApioceridae Bigot , 1857Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann 2006Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991Scenopinidae Burmeister , 1835 Synonym: Omphralidae.Therevidae Newman , 1834Mythicomyiidae 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 Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833 Superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802 Superfamily Carnoidea Newman, 1834 Superfamily Ephydroidea Zetterstedt, 1837 Superfamily Lauxanioidea Macquart, 1835 Superfamily Lonchaeoidea Superfamily Nerioidea Westwood, 1840 Superfamily Opomyzoidea Fallén, 1820 Acartophthalmidae Czerny , 1928Agromyzidae Fallén , 1823 Synonym: PhytomyzidaeAnthomyzidae Czerny , 1903Asteiidae Rondani , 1856 Synonym: Astiidae.Aulacigastridae Duda , 1924 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae.Clusiidae Handlirsch , 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.Fergusoninidae Tonnoir , 1937Marginidae McAlpine, 1991Megamerinidae Hendel , 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.Neminidae McAlpine, 1983Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978Odiniidae Hendel , 1920Opomyzidae Fallén , 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994)Periscelididae Oldenberg , 1914 Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.Teratomyzidae Hennig , 1969Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980Superfamily Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820 Coelopidae Hendel , 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.Dryomyzidae Schiner , 1862Helcomyzidae Hendel , 1924Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965Helosciomyzidae Steyskal, 1965Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950Ropalomeridae Schiner , 1868[ 3] 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 , 1820Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980Sphaeroceridae Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae.Superfamily Tanypezoidea Rondani, 1856 (7 families) Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834 Ctenostylidae Bigot , 1882Pallopteridae Loew , 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.Piophilidae Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Neottiophilidae, ThyreophoridaePlatystomatidae Schiner , 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.Pyrgotidae Loew , 1868Richardiidae Loew , 1868Tephritidae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae.Ulidiidae Macquart , 1835 Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.Superfamily Hippoboscoidea Samouelle, 1819 Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802 Superfamily Oestroidea Leach, 1815 Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm , 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae.Mystacinobiidae Holloway, 1976Oestridae Leach , 1815 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.Rhiniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm , 1889Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy , 1863 Synonym: Melanophoridae.Sarcophagidae Macquart , 1834Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830 Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.Ulurumyiidae Michelsen & Pape, 2017[ 4] Brachycera families known only as fossils [ edit ] Alinkidae Krzeminski, 1992Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi, Cumming & Arillo, 2009.Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962.Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1951Eophlebomyiidae Cockerell, 1925.Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968.Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009.Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997Orientisargidae Zhang 2012Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938Proneottiphilidae Hennig , 1969Prosechamyiidae Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2007Protapioceridae Ren, 1998Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1964Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968.Protomphralidae Rohdendorf , 1957.Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998
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