File: <exdipter.htm> Indexes: < (Entomology), (Invertebrates), (General Index)> <Invertebrate Bibliography> <Glossary> <Site Description> < Home>

CLASSIFICATION OF DIPTERA

Families in Green color Diptera Details

Insecta: Holometabola DIPTERA (Synonyms in parentheses) NEMATOCERA Anisopodidae Edwards, 1921 (Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae) Ansorgiidae (extinct) Antefungivoridae -extinct (Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae Architendipedidae (extinct) Asiochaoboridae (extinct) Axmyiidae Shannon, 1926 Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 (Hesperinidae, Penthetriidae, Pleciidae) Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 (Blepharoceridae) Boholdoyidae (extinct) Bolitophilidae Winnertz., 1863 (Bolitophilinae) Canthyloscelididae (Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae) Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834 (Porricondylidae, Ithonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae) Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae) Chaoboridae (Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae) Chironomidae Newman, 1834 (Tendipedidae) Corethrellidae Crosaphididae (extinct) Culicidae Stephens, 1829 Cylindrotomidae Schiner, 1863 (Cylindrotominae) Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922 Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863 Ditomyiidae Kyln, 1919 Dixidae Schiner, 1868 Eliidae (extinct) Eopleciidae (extinct) Eopolyneuridae (extinct) Eoptychopteridae (extinct) Gracilitipulidae (extinct) Grauvogeliidae (extinct) Keroplatidae Winnertz, 1863 (Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae) Limnorhyphidae (extinct) Limoniidae Speiser, 1909 (Limnobiidae, Architipulidae, Diplopolyneuridae, Eoasilidae, Limoniinae) Luanpingitidae (extinct) Lygistorrhinidae Mesophantasmatidae (extinct) Mesosciophilidae (extinct) Musidoromimidae (extinct) Mycetophilidae Newman, (Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae) Nadipteridae (extinct) Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932 Olbiogastridae Oligophrynidae (extinct Oreodomyiidae (extinct) Pachyneuridae (Cramptonomyiidae) Parapleciidae (extinct) Paraxmyiidae (extinct) Perissommatidae Pleciodictylidae (extinct) Pleciofungivoridae (extinct) (Fungivoritinae) Procramptonomyiidae (extinct) Protendipedidae (extinct) (Prototendipedidae) Protobibionidae (extinct) Protopleciidae- extinct (Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae, Palaeoplecidae) Protorhyphidae (extinct) Protoscatopsidae (extinct) Psychodidae Newman, 1834 (Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae) Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 (Liriopeidae, Liriopidae) Scatopsidae Newman, 1834 Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 (Lycoriidae) Serendipidae (extinct) (Paratendipedidae) Siberhyphidae (extinct) Simuliidae Newman, 1834 (Melusinidae) Sinotendipedidae (extinct) Tanyderidae Osten Sacken, 1862 (Macrochilidae) Tanyderophrynidae (extinct) (Tanyderophryneidae) Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 (Orphnephilidae) Tipulidae Latreille, 1802 Tipulodictylidae (extinct) Tipulopleciidae (extinct) Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 (Petauristidae) Zhangobiidae (extinct) (Palaeolimnobiidae) BRACHYCERA Acartophthalmidae Acroceridae Leach, 1815 (Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae) Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823 (Phytomyzidae) Alinkidae (extinct) Anthomyiidae Latreille, 1829 Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903 Apioceridae Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al., 1991 Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Leptogastridae) Asteiidae Loew, 1861 (Astiidae) Atelestidae Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973 Aulacigastridae Duda (Aulacigastreridae, Aulacogasteridae) Australimyzidae Bombyliidae Westw. (Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae) Boboropsidae Brachystomatidae Braulidae Schiner, 1864 Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, (Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae) Camillidae Frey, 1921 Campichoetidae Canacidae Jones, 1906 (Canaceidae) Carnidae Newman, 1834 Celyphidae Bigot, 1852 Centrioncide Hennig, 1965 Chamaemyiidae Hendel, (Ochthiphilidae, Cremifaniidae, Ochthiphilidae) Chiropteromyzidae

Chloropidae Rondani, 1856 (Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae) Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916 (Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae-- part Schumann, 1965) Clusiidae Handlirsch, 1884 (Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae) Cnemosphathidae Coelopidae Hendel, 1910 (Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae) Conopidae Latreille, 1802 (Stylogastridae) Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932 Ctenostylidae Bigot, 1882 Curtonotidae Duda, 1934 (Cyrtonotidae) Cypselosomatidae hendel, 1931 Diastatidae hendel, 1917 Diopsidae Billberg, 1820 Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 (Microphoridae) Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856 Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862 Eginiidae Stein, 1907 Empididae latreille, 1804 (Empidae) Eomyiidae (extinct) Eophlebombyliidae (extinct) Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 Eurychoromyiidae Hendel, 1910 Eostratiomyiidae (extinct) Eremochaetidae (extinct) (Archisargidae) Exeretonevridae Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976 Fanniidae Schnabl, 1911 Fergusoninidae Glossinidae Heleomyzidae Westwood, (Heteromyzidae, Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae) Helosciomyzidae Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 Glutopidae Hilarimorphide Huttoninidae Hybotidae Ironomyiidae Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 (Sapromyzidae) Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856 Lonchopteridae macquart, 1835 (Musidoridae) Marginidae Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913 (Megameridae) Micropezidae Desmarest (Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tyilidae, Trepidariidae) Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 (Phyllomyzidae) Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936 Muscidae latreille, 1802 Mydidae Latreille, 1809 (Mydaidae, Mydasidae) Mystacinobiidae Mythicomyiidae (Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae) Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 1006 Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832 Neottiophilidae Hendel, 1902 Neriidae Westwood, 1840 Naurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978 Nothybidae Frey, 1927 Notomyzidae Griffiths, 1972 Nycteribiidae Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819 Odiniidae Hendel, 1920 Oestridae Townsend, 1931 (Cuterobridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae) Opetiidae Rondani, 1856 Opomyzidae or Opomyzidae Fallen, 1820 (Geomyzidae --sensu Evenhuis, 1994) Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 (Eurygnathomyiidae) Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1882 (Acanthomeridae) Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922 Periscelididae (Periscelidae, Stenomicridae) Phoridae Curtis, 1833 Piophilidae Macquart, 1835 Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 (Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae) Platypezidae Fallen, 1823 (Clythiidae) Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Platystomidae) Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969 Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 (extinct) Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1967 (extinct) Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941 Psilidae Walker, 1853 Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868 Rachiceridae Handlirsch, 1907 Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1938 (extinct) Rhagionidae latreille, 1802 (Leptidae, Erinnidae--sensu Evenhuis, Paleostratiomyiidae) Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Melanophoridae) Rhinotoridae Hendel, 1916 Richardiidae Snow, 1896 Risidae Papp, 1977 (Rasiidae) Ropalomeridae Schiner , 1868 Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834 Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae) Scenopinidae Fallen, 1817 (Omphralidae) Sciadoceridae Schmitz , 1929 Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820 (Phaeomyiide, Tetanoceridae) Sepsidae Walker, 1833 (Sepsididae) Somatiidae Hendel, 1935 Sphaeroceridae macquart, 1836 (Borboridae, Cypselidae) Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804 Streblidae Kolenati, 1863 Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917 Syringotgastridae Prado, 1969 Syrphidae Latreille, 1802 Tabanidae Latreille, 1802 Tachinidae (Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae) Tanypezidae Tephritidae (Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae) Teratomyzidae Termitoxeniidae Tethinidae Therevidae Thryeophoridae Ulidiidae (Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae) Vermileonidae Nagatomi, 1977 (Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae) Xenasteiidae Xylomyidae (Xylomyiidae, Solvidae) Xylophagidae (Heterostomidae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae? --sensu Schumann, Coenomyide, Coenomyiidae) References Citations Sample Examinations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.