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.
Nematocera
Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha
Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha
Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha
Infraorder Psychodomorpha
Infraorder Culicomorpha
- Dixidae Schiner, 1868
- 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 KrzemiÃ
Âski & 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 KrzemiÃ
Âska, Blagoderov & KrezmiÃ
Âski, 1993.
- Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996.
- Eopleciidae.
- Eopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962.
- Eoptychopteridae.
- Gracilitipulidae.
- Grauvogeliidae KrzemiÃ
Âski, 1999.
- Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995.
- Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & KrzemiÃ
Âski, 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
- 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
Brachycera families known only as fossils
- Alinkidae KrzemiÃ
Âski, 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
- Galliidae Lukashevich & Mostovski, 2023
- 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
External links
Sources
- Barraclough, D. A. & McAlpine, D. K. 2006. Natalimyzidae, a new African family of acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Schizophora: Sciomyzoidea). African Invertebrates 47: 117-134. https://web.archive.org/web/20070206013708/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/BarrMcAlp2006_132.aspx
- Evenhuis, N.L. (1994): Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). - Leiden: Backhuys Publ.: 600 pp.
- Evenhuis, N.L. (1996): Catalogue of the Diptera of the Australasien and Oceanian Regions. - https://web.archive.org/web/20001206081400/http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/ento/aocat/aocathome.html
- Evenhuis, N.L. (1996): Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world. - https://web.archive.org/web/20010424032336/http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/ento/fossilcat/
- Jacobs, W. & Renner, M (1988): Biologie und ÃÂkologie der Insekten, 2.Aufl.. - Stuttgart: Fischer: 690 pp.
- Maddison, D.R. Tree of life: phylogeny and systematics of Diptera. - https://web.archive.org/web/20080829123616/http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/hexapoda/diptera/diptera.html
- Schumann, H. (1992): Systematische Gliederung der Ordnung Diptera mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der in Deutschland vorkommenden Familien. - Dt. Ent. Ztsch. N.F. 39 (1-3): 103-116.
- Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) 2011 Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Zootaxa 3148). Magnolia Press, Auckland, 237 pp. online here pdf
- Zoological Record. - https://archive.today/20010406004828/http://www.biosis.org.uk/zrdocs/zoolinfo/grp_dipt.htm
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