Animal Taxonomy - Diptera

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera
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Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 200,000 species, although under half of these (about 85,000 species) have been described. It is one of the major insect orders both in terms of ecological and human (medical and economic) importance. The Diptera, in particular the Culicidae, are of phenomenal historical and current importance as disease transmitters. The study of the Diptera is called dipterology.

Diptera include flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges. In compound names containing "fly" for members of this order, the name is normally written as two words, as in "crane fly", though there are a few historical exceptions, such as "sandfly" and "blackfly". For insects that are members of other orders the name should always be written as a single word as in "butterfly", "scorpionfly", etc.

Diptera are a very diverse order with many different ecological roles. Diptera may be predaceous, herbivorous, endo- and ectoparasitic, saprophagous, necrophagous, etc. Various species are secondarily wingless (especially in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, or those that are inquilines in social insect colonies).

Nematocera
* Anisopodidae Edwards, 1921 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.
* Ansorgiidae Extinct.
* Antefungivoridae Extinct.Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
* Architendipedidae Extinct.
* Archizelmiridae Extinct.
* Asiochaoboridae Extinct.
* AxymyiidaeShannon, 1926
* Bibionidae Fleming , 1821 Synonyms: Hesperinidae, Penthetriidae.
* Blephariceridae Loew , 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae.
* Boholdoyidae Extinct.
* Bolitophilidae Winnertz , 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.
* Canthyloscelididae Synonym: Hyperoscelididae.
* Cecidomyiidae Newman , 1834 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.
* CeratopogonidaeNewman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.
* Chaoboridae Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.
* Chironomidae Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae
* Corethrellidae
* Cramptonomyiidae
* Crosaphididae Extinct.
* Culicidae Stephens , 1829
* CylindrotomidaeSchiner , 1863 Synonym: Cylindrotominae
* Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922
* Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
* Diplopolyneuridae Extinct.
* Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
* Dixidae Schiner, 1868
* Elliidae Extinct.
* Eopleciidae Extinct.
* Eopolyneuridae Extinct.
* Eoptychopteridae Extinct.
* Gracilitipulidae Extinct.
* Grauvogeliidae
* Hennigmatidae
* Keroplatidae Winnertz, 1863 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae
* Limnorhyphidae Extinct.
* LimoniidaeSpeiser, 1909 Synonyms: Limnobiidae, Architipulidae, Diplopolyneuridae, Eoasilidae, Limoniinae
* Luanpingitidae Extinct.
* Lygistorrhinidae Extinct.
* Mesophantasmatidae Extinct.
* Mesosciophilidae Extinct.
* Musidoromimidae Extinct.
* Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae
* Nadipteridae
* Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932
* Olbiogastridae
* Oligophrynidae
* Oreodomyiidae
* Pachyneuridae
* Parapleciidae Extinct.
* Paraxymyiidae Extinct.
* Perissommatidae
* Pleciidae
* Pleciodictyidae Extinct.
* Pleciofungivoridae Extinct. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
* Procramptonomyiidae Extinct.
* Protendipedidae Extinct. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
* Protobibionidae Extinct.
* Protopleciidae Extinct. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
* Protorhyphidae Extinct.
* Protoscatopsidae Extinct.
* Psychodidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae.
* Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken , 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.
* Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
* Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.
* Serendipidae Extinct. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
* Siberhyphidae Extinct.
* Simuliidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
* Sinotendipedidae Extinct.
* Synneuridae
* Tanyderidae Osten Sacken, 1862 Synonym: Macrochilidae.
* Tanyderophrynidae Extinct.Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
* Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.
* Tipulidae Leach, 1815
* Tipulodictyidae Extinct.
* Tipulopleciidae Extinct.
* Trichoceridae Rondani , 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.
* Zhangobiidae Extinct. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.

Brachycera
* Acartophthalmidae
* Acridomyiidae
* Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
* Aenigmatiidae
* Agromyzidae Fallén , 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae
* Alinkidae Extinct.
* Anthomyiidae Latreille , 1829
* Anthomyzidae Czerny , 1903
* Apioceridae
* Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al. 1991
* Asilidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.
* Asteiidae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Astiidae.
* Atelestidae
* Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973
* Aulacigastridae Duda , 1921 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae, Aulacogasteridae.
* Australimyzidae
* Bombyliidae Westwood, 1838 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.
* Borboropsidae
* Braulidae Schiner, 1864
* Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Synonym: Mesembrinellidae.
* Camillidae Frey, 1921
* Campichoetidae
* Canacidae Jones, 1906 Synonym: Canaceidae.
* Carnidae Newman, 1834
* Celyphidae Bigot, 1852
* Centrioncidae Hennig , 1965
* Chamaemyiidae Hendel , 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Cremifaniidae, Ochthiphilidae.
* Chiropteromyzidae
* Chloropidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae.
* Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965)
* Clusiidae Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.
* Cnemosphathidae
* Coelopidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.
* Conopidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.
* Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
* Curtonotidae Duda, 1934 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae
* Cuterebridae Brauer, 1887
* Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931
* Diastatidae Hendel, 1917
* Diopsidae Billberg, 1820
* Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809
* Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856
* Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862
* Eginiidae Stein , 1907
* Empididae Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae.
* Eomyiidae Extinct.
* Eophlebombyiidae Extinct.
* Ephydridae Zetterstedt , 1837
* Eurychoromyiidae Hendel, 1910
* Eostratiomyiidae Extinct.
* Eremochaetidae Extinct. Synonym: Archisargidae.
* Exeretonevridae Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976
* Fanniidae Schnabl, 1911
* Fergusoninidae
* Gasterophilidae Girschner 1896 Synonym: Gastrophilidae
* Glossinidae
* Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924
* Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Heteromyzidae, Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae.
* Helosciomyzidae
* Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
* Glutopidae
* Hilarimorphidae
* Huttoninidae
* Hybotidae
* Ironomyiidae
* Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae.
* Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856
* Lonchopteridae Macquart 1835 Synonym: Musidoridae.
* Marginidae
* Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.
* Micropezidae Desmarest, 1860 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae.
* Microphoridae Collin, 1960
* Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae.
* Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936
* Muscidae Latreille, 1802
* Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
* Mystacinobiidae
* Mythicomyiidae Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae.
* Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
* Neottiophilidae Hendel, 1902
* Neriidae Westwood, 1840
* Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
* Nothybidae Frey, 1927
* NotomyzidaeGriffiths, 1972
* NycteribiidaeSamouelle (ex Leach), 1819
* Odiniidae Hendel, 1920
* Oestridae Townsend, 1931 Synonym: Hypodermatidae.
* Opetiidae Rondani , 1856
* Opomyzidae Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994).
* OtitidaeWestwood, 1840 Synonyms: Ortalidae, Pterocallidae Synonyms: Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.
* Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.
* PantophthalmidaeBigot, 1882 Synonym: Acanthomeridae.
* Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
* PeriscelididaeSynonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
* Phoridae Curtis, 1833
* Piophilidae Macquart, 1835
* Pipunculidae Walker , 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae.
* Platypezidae Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Clythiidae.
* PlatystomatidaeSchiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.
* Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969
* Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct.
* ProtomphralidaeRohdendorf, 1967 Extinct.
* Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941
* Psilidae Walker, 1853
* Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868
* Rachiceridae Handlirsch, 1907
* Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1938 Extinct.
* Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae.
* Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830 Synonym: Melanophoridae.
* Rhinotoridae Hendel, 1916
* Richardiidae Snow, 1896
* Risidae Papp 1977 Synonym: Risiidae.
* Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
* Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
* Scatophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae.
* Scenopinidae Fallén, 1817 Synonym: Omphralidae.
* Sciadoceridae Schmitz, 1929
* Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonyms: Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae.
* Sepsidae Walker, 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae.
* Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
* Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae.
* Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804
* StreblidaeKolenati, 1863
* Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
* Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
* Syrphidae Latreille, 1802
* Tabanidae Latreille, 1802
* Tachinidae Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.
* Tachiniscidae
* Tanypezidae
* Tephritidae Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae.
* Teratomyzide
* Termitoxeniidae
* Tethinidae
* Therevidae
* Thyreophoridae
* Ulidiidae
* Vermileonidae Nagatomi, 1977 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.
* Xenasteiidae
* Xylomyidae Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae.
* Xylophagidae Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.