List of Diptera families

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

Orthorrhapha

Eremoneura
Cyclorrhapha

Aschiza

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Calyptratae

Nematocera

Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha
  • Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922

Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha
  • Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha

Infraorder Psychodomorpha
  • Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae.
  • Psychodidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae.
  • Tanyderidae Osten-Sacken, 1880 Synonym: Macrochilidae.

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Infraorder Perissommatomorpha
  • Perissommatidae Colless, 1962

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
  • Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
  • Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
  • Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896
  • Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.
Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Rhagionoidea Latreille, 1802
  • Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982
  • Bolbomyiidae Stuckenberg, 2001
  • Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae?
Superfamily Stratiomyoidea Latreille, 1802
  • Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1886 Synonym: Acanthomeridae.
  • Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804
  • Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901 Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae.
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
  • Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994

Aschiza
Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833
  • Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966
  • Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1823 Synonym: Musidoridae.
  • Opetiidae Rondani, 1856
  • Phoridae Curtis, 1833 Synonyms: Termitoxeniidae.
  • Platypezidae Latreille, 1829 Synonym: Clythiidae.
Superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802

Schizophora

Acalyptratae
Superfamily Carnoidea Newman, 1834
  • Australimyzidae Griffiths, 1972
  • Braulidae Egger, 1853
  • Canacidae Jones, 1906 Synonyms: Canaceidae, Tethinidae.
  • Carnidae Newman, 1834
  • Chloropidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae.
  • Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006
  • Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae.
Superfamily Ephydroidea Zetterstedt, 1837
Superfamily Lauxanioidea Macquart, 1835
Superfamily Lonchaeoidea
  • Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
  • Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856
Superfamily Nerioidea Westwood, 1840
  • Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931 Synonyms: Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941
  • Micropezidae Blanchard, 1840 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae.
  • Neriidae 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
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)
  • Diopsidae Billberg, 1820 Synonyms: Centrioncidae.
  • Gobryidae McAlpine, 1997
  • Nothybidae Frey, 1927
  • Psilidae Macquart, 1835
  • Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
  • Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
  • Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
  • Tanypezidae Rondani, 1856
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[4]

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
  • List of obsolete names in Diptera

References
  1. 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.
  2. "art. 11.7.1.3. ICZN". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
  3. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  4. Michelsen, Verner; Pape, Thomas (2017). "Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4): 826–836. doi:10.1111/syen.12252. S2CID 90058240.

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