Families of Diptera
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"Nematocera"
- AnisopodidaeAnisopodidaeAnisopodidae is a small cosmopolitan family of gnat-like flies known as wood gnats or window-gnats with 154 described extant species in 15 genera, and several described fossil taxa. Some species are saprophagous or fungivorous. They are mostly small to medium-sized flies, except the genera...
EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1921 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae. - Ansorgiidae Extinct.
- Antefungivoridae Extinct. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
- Architendipedidae Extinct.
- Archizelmiridae Extinct.
- Asiochaoboridae Extinct.
- AxymyiidaeAxymyiidaeThe Nematoceran family Axymyiidae is the sole member of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha, though it is often included within the infraorder Bibionomorpha in older classifications. It is known from only 6 species in 3 genera, plus 3 fossil species....
ShannonRaymond Corbett ShannonRaymond Corbett Shannon was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera and medical entomology. His studies at Cornell University were interrupted by World War I, but he received his B.S. from there in 1923. He was employed by the U.S...
, 1926 - BibionidaeBibionidaeBibionidae is a family of flies . Approximately 650-700 species are known worldwide.-Biology:...
FlemingJohn Fleming (naturalist)John Fleming was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist, zoologist and geologist. He was born near Bathgate in Linlithgowshire and died in Edinburgh...
, 1821 Synonyms: Hesperinidae, Penthetriidae, Pleciidae. - BlephariceridaeBlephariceridaeBlephariceridae, commonly known as Net-winged midges, are a nematoceran family in the order Diptera. The adults resemble crane flies except with a projecting anal angle in the wings, and different head shape, absence of the V on the mesonotum, and more laterally outstretched forward-facing legs...
LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae. - Boholdoyidae Extinct.
- BolitophilidaeBolitophilidaeBolitophilidae is a family of Diptera comprising only one genus, Bolitophila, with contains around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic species, and 3 species from the Oriental region....
WinnertzJohannes Winnertzthumb|right|120px|Johannes WinnertzJohannes Winnertz was a German entomologist specialising in Diptera.He was a dealer in Krefeld.-Works:* Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Gattung Ceratopogon Meigen. 1852...
, 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae. - CanthyloscelididaeCanthyloscelididaeThe Canthyloscelidae are a small family of midges closely related to the Scatopsidae.Adults are small to medium-sized flies, relatively stout, usually dark coloured Nematocera with stout legs. They are associated with ancient woodland...
Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae. - CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.These are very fragile small insects usually only 2–3 mm in length and many are less than...
Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae. - CeratopogonidaeCeratopogonidaeCeratopogonidae, or biting midges , are a family of small flies in the order Diptera...
Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae. - ChaoboridaeChaoboridaeChaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges, are a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are closely related to Corethrellidae and Chironomidae; the adults are differentiated through peculiarities in wing venation. If they eat at all, the adults feed on nectar. The...
Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae. - ChironomidaeChironomidaeChironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...
Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae - CorethrellidaeCorethrellidaeCorethrellidae is a family of parasitic midges, small flying insects belonging to the Order Diptera, that are commonly known to parasitize frogs. The members of the family are sometimes known as "frog-biting midges". The family currently consists of just two genera, totalling around ninety seven...
- Crosaphididae Extinct.
- Culicidae StephensJames Francis StephensJames Francis Stephens was an English entomologist.-Biography:Stephens was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and studied at Christ's Hospital.He was employed in the Admiralty office, Somerset House, from 1807 to 1845...
, 1829 - CylindrotomidaeCylindrotomidaeThe Cylindrotomidae or Long-bodied Craneflies, are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies. There are about 115 species worldwide.-Description:...
SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1863 Synonym: Cylindrotominae - Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922
- DiadocidiidaeDiadocidiidaeDiadocidiidae is a family of Diptera.There are two described genera with over twenty species. Diadocidiidae are found worldwide, except in Africa and Antarctica. It is usually considered close to Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Ditomyiidae, and was previously included in Mycetophilidae. They are...
Winnertz, 1863 - DitomyiidaeDitomyiidaeDitomyiidae is a family of Diptera comprising only two genera: Ditomyia and Symmerus....
Kylin, 1919 - DixidaeDixidaeThe Dixidae are a family of aquatic nematoceran Diptera. The larvae live in unpolluted, standing fresh waters, just beneath the surface film, usually amongst marginal aquatic vegetation .-External links:* Family description and image....
Schiner, 1868 - Elliidae Extinct.
- Eopleciidae Extinct.
- Eopolyneuridae Extinct.
- Eoptychopteridae Extinct.
- Gracilitipulidae Extinct.
- Grauvogeliidae Extinct.
- Hennigmatidae Extinct.
- Keroplatidae Winnertz, 1863 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae
- Limnorhyphidae Extinct.
- LimoniidaeLimoniidaeLimoniidae is a family of flies closely related to the crane flies Tipulidae although they can usually be distinguished by the way the wings are held at rest. Limoniids usually hold/fold the wings along the back of the body whereas tipulids usually hold them out at right angles. Members of the...
SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...
, 1909 Synonyms: Limnobiidae, Architipulidae, Diplopolyneuridae, Eoasilidae, Limoniinae - Luanpingitidae Extinct.
- Lygistorrhinidae
- Mesophantasmatidae Extinct.
- Mesosciophilidae Extinct.
- Musidoromimidae Extinct.
- MycetophilidaeMycetophilidaeMycetophilidae is a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. There are approximately 3000 described species in 150 genera but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher...
Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae - Nadipteridae Extinct.
- NymphomyiidaeNymphomyiidaeThe Nymphomyiidae are a family of slender, delicate flies . Larvae are found among aquatic mosses in small, rapid streams in northern regions of the world. Many fossil species and a few extant species are known...
Tokunaga, 1932 - Olbiogastridae
- Oligophrynidae Extinct.
- Oreodomyiidae Extinct.
- Pachyneuridae Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.
- Parapleciidae Extinct.
- Paraxymyiidae Extinct.
- PerissommatidaePerissommatidaePerissommatidae is a family of Diptera that was newly proposed in 1962. The family contains five species, four from Australia and one from Chile. Perissommatidae are unusual as they have four eyes. They have a small slender body that's less than 2mm in length. Their wings are large in comparison to...
- Pleciodictyidae Extinct.
- Pleciofungivoridae Extinct. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
- Procramptonomyiidae Extinct.
- Protendipedidae Extinct. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
- Protobibionidae Extinct.
- Protopleciidae Extinct. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
- Protorhyphidae Extinct.
- Protoscatopsidae Extinct.
- PsychodidaePsychodidaeThe nematoceran family Psychodidae are small true flies with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance...
Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae. - PtychopteridaePtychopteridaePtychopteridae, the phantom crane flies, is a small family of nematocerous Diptera. Superficially similar in appearance to other "tipuloid" families, they lack the ocelli of Trichoceridae, the 5-branched radial vein of Tanyderidae, and the two anal veins that reach the wing margin of Tipulidae...
Osten-SackenKarl Robert Osten-SackenBaron Karl-Robert von Osten-Sacken was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877....
, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae. - ScatopsidaeScatopsidaeThe minute black scavenger flies or "dung midges", Scatopsidae, is a family of Nematoceran flies. Despite being distributed throughout the world, it is quite a small family with only around 250 described species in 27 genera although many await description and doubtless even more await discovery...
Newman, 1834 - SciaridaeSciaridaeSciaridae is a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats. Commonly found in moist environments, they are known to be a pest of mushroom farms and are commonly found in household plant pots. This is one of the least studied of the large Diptera families, probably due to the small...
BillbergGustaf Johan BillbergGustaf Johan Billberg was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and had science and biology as a hobby....
, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae. - Serendipidae Extinct. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
- Siberhyphidae Extinct.
- Simuliidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
- Sinotendipedidae Extinct.
- TanyderidaeTanyderidaeTanyderidae, or primitive crane flies, of the order Diptera are long, thin, delicate insects with spotted wings, superficially similar in appearance to some Tipulidae, Trichoceridae, and Ptychopteridae. Most species are restricted in distribution...
Osten Sacken, 1862 Synonym: Macrochilidae. - Tanyderophrynidae Extinct. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
- ThaumaleidaeThaumaleidaeThaumaleidae, the solitary midges or trickle midges, are a group of nematoceran flies related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and the Simuliidae. They are small, stocky, yellow to brown flies . There are very few species known for this family...
BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae. - Tipulidae Latreille, 1802
- Tipulodictyidae Extinct.
- Tipulopleciidae Extinct.
- TrichoceridaeTrichoceridaeTrichoceridae, or winter crane flies, of the order Diptera are long, thin, delicate insects superficially similar in appearance to the Tipulidae, Tanyderidae, and Ptychopteridae. The presence of ocelli distinguishes the Trichoceridae from these other families...
RondaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae. - Zhangobiidae Extinct. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.
Brachycera
- Acartophthalmidae
- AcroceridaeAcroceridaeAcroceridae is a small family of odd looking flies most closely related to Nemestrinidae. There are about 520 species in 50 genera. They are characterized by a humpbacked appearance and a small head, sometimes with a long proboscis for nectar. As such, acrocerids are commonly known as small-headed...
Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae. - AgromyzidaeAgromyzidaeThe family Agromyzidae is commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies, for the feeding habit of larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants....
FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae - Alinkidae Extinct.
- AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae is a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Name came from Greek "anthos" + "myia" . Some species are commonly called "root-maggots", as the larvae are found in the stems and roots of various plants...
LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1829 - AnthomyzidaeAnthomyzidaeAnthomyzidae are small, slender, yellow to black flies with narrow and elongate wings, which may have distinct markings. Some species have greatly reduced wings. Fewer than 100 species are known, mostly from Europe. Although they occur in all major regions, they seem to be most varied in the...
CzernyLeander CzernyLeander Czerny was an Austrian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera....
, 1903 - Apioceridae
- ApsilocephalidaeApsilocephalidaeApsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. The family was proposed in 1991.Apsilocephalidae are close relatives of Therevidae distinguishable by genetalic characters.There are three living and two fossil species....
Nagatomi et al., 1991 - AsilidaeAsilidaeInsects in the Diptera family Asilidae are commonly called robber flies. The family Asilidae contains about 7,100 described species worldwide....
Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae. - AsteiidaeAsteiidaeAsteiidae is a small but widespread family of acalyptrate flies or Diptera. About 130 species in 10 genera have been described worldwide.They are rarely collected.-Family description:...
Loew, 1861 Synonym: Astiidae. - AtelestidaeAtelestidaeAtelestidae is a family of true flies in the superfamily Empidoidea. These four genera were placed in a separate family in 1983. They were formerly either in Platypezidae or considered incertae cedis. But while they are doubtless the most basal of the living Empidoidea, the monophyly of the family...
- AthericidaeAthericidaeAthericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe-flies; they used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar but some species feed on mammal blood.- External Links :*...
Stuckenberg, 1973 - AulacigastridaeAulacigastridaeAulacigastridae is a very small family of flies known as sap flies. The family Stenomicridae used to be included within this family, but was moved by Papp in 1984....
DudaOswald DudaOswald Duda , full name Pavel Theodor Friedrich Oswald Duda was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.Duda was born in Silesia 11 April 1869. He died in Habelschwerdt now Bystrzyca Kłodzka 21 November 1941.-Publications:...
, 1921 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae, Aulacogasteridae. - Australimyzidae
- BombyliidaeBombyliidaeBombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...
WestwoodJohn Obadiah WestwoodJohn Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.Born in Sheffield, he studied to be a lawyer but abandoned that for his scientific interests....
, 1838 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae. - Borboropsidae
- Brachystomatidae
- BraulidaeBraulidaeBraulidae, or bee lice, is a flies family that contains eight species in two genera, Braula and Megabraula. These are very unusual flies, wingless and flattened, and barely recognizable as Diptera....
Schiner, 1864 - Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae.
- CamillidaeCamillidaeCamillidae is a family of flies, or Diptera. There are five genera .-Biology:The lifestyle of the Camillidae is for the most part little known. There is an assumption that the larvae feed on decaying plant matter or animal faeces. Adults have frequently been found at the entrances of mammal...
Frey, 1921 - CampichoetidaeCampichoetidaeCampichoetidae is a small family of acalyptrate Diptera with only one genus Campichoeta Macquart, 1835.They are regarded by some authors as Diastatidae.-External links:** Family description.-References:...
- CanacidaeCanacidaeCanacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera.There are 113 species in 12 genera.-Family description:See Drawings of Canace.-References:...
Jones, 1906 Synonym: Canaceidae. - CarnidaeCarnidaeCarnidae is a family of flies . There are 5 genera, containing about 88 species worldwide....
Newman, 1834 - CelyphidaeCelyphidaeCelyphidae, commonly known as beetle flies or beetle-backed flies, are a family of flies . About 90 species are known from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions.-Description:...
BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1852 - Centrioncidae HennigWilli HennigEmil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known as cladistics. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings...
, 1965 - ChamaemyiidaeChamaemyiidaeChamaemyiidae is a small family of acalyptrate flies with less than 200 species described worldwide. The larvae of these small flies are active and predatory and are often used for biological control of aphids, scale insects and similar pests...
HendelFriedrich Georg HendelFriedrich Georg Hendel was an Austrian Hauptsschuldirektor and entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He described very many new species and made important contributions to the higher taxonomy of the Diptera.He was born in Vienna and died in Baden bei Wien...
, 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Cremifaniidae, Ochthiphilidae. - Chiropteromyzidae
- ChloropidaeChloropidaeChloropidae is a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. There are approximately 2000 described species in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtual absence of any hairs. The majority of the...
Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae. - ChyromyidaeChyromyidaeChyromyidae are small to very small cyclorrhaphous, acalypterate flies currently classified within the Heleomyzoidea by most authors. The majority have a pale yellow integument and bright iridescent green, red or purple eyes. The family is represented in all continents except Antarctica. There are...
Hendel, 1916 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965) - ClusiidaeClusiidaeClusiidae or "druid flies" is a family of small , thin, yellow to black acalyptrate flies with a characteristic antenna and with the wing usually partially infuscated. The larvae are notable for their ability to jump. Males of many species in the subfamily Clusiodinae have been observed while...
Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae. - Cnemosphathidae
- CoelopidaeCoelopidaeCoelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae Diptera, they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, though this term is used for a number of seashore diptera...
Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae. - ConopidaeConopidaeConopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, is a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide except for the poles and many of the Pacific islands. About 800 species in 47 genera are described worldwide, approximately 70...
Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae. - Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
- CtenostylidaeCtenostylidaeThe enigmatic fly family Ctenostylidae is a small group of very rare flies formerly included in the family Pyrgotidae ; the principal reason for their inclusion in the Pyrgotidae was the absence of ocelli, a feature originally thought to be a unique defining feature of the Pyrgotidae...
Bigot, 1882 - CurtonotidaeCurtonotidaeCurtotonidae is a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies with a worldwide distribution but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian and Palaearctic regions. Most members of the family are found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in Africa and the Neotropics...
Duda, 1934 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae - CypselosomatidaeCypselosomatidaeCypselosomatidae is a family of true flies closely related to the Micropezidae . There are 3 living genera and one fossil. The living species are believed to be associated with bat guano....
Hendel, 1931 - DiastatidaeDiastatidaeDiastatidae are a type of flies, and are in the family Diptera. They occur primarily in the Holarctic Region, but several species are known from the Oriental, Neotropical, and Australasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 described species in three genera...
Hendel, 1917 - Diopsidae Billberg, 1820
- DolichopodidaeDolichopodidaeDolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. They are generally small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic...
Latreille, 1809 Synonym: Microphoridae - DrosophilidaeDrosophilidaeDrosophilidae is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes fruit flies. Another family of flies called Tephritidae also includes fruit flies. The best known species of Drosophilidae is Drosophila melanogaster, within the genus Drosophila, and this species Is used extensively for...
Rondani, 1856 - DryomyzidaeDryomyzidaeDryomyzidae is a small family of flies.There are about 22 species in 6 genera Dryomyzidae are mostly found in the Holarctic Region although some are found in the Southern Hemisphere....
Schiner, 1862 - Eginiidae SteinPaul Stein (entomologist)Paul Stein was a German museum curator and entomologist . He specialised in Diptera especially the family Anthomyiidae. In this group he studied the world fauna describing many new genera and species....
, 1907 - EmpididaeEmpididaeEmpididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide, but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic...
Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae. - Eomyiidae Extinct.
- Eophlebombyiidae Extinct.
- EphydridaeEphydridaeEphydridae is a family of insects in the order Diptera.Shore flies are tiny flies that can be found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds...
ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1837 - EurychoromyiidaeEurychoromyiidaeEurychoromyia mallea, the broad-headed fly, is a species of fly, the only species in the family Eurychoromyiidae.In 1903, C. A. W. Schnuse, collecting at Sarampiuni in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes, took 4 specimens, all female, of a fly with a strange broad, flat head...
Hendel, 1910 - Eostratiomyiidae Extinct.
- Eremochaetidae Extinct. Synonym: Archisargidae.
- Exeretonevridae Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976
- FanniidaeFanniidaeThe Fanniidae are a small group of true flies largely confined to the Holarctic and temperate Neotropical regions.There are 11 Afrotropical species, 29 Oriental, and 14 Australasian. See Biogeographic Regions....
Schnabl, 1911 - Fergusoninidae
- Glossinidae
- HeleomyzidaeHeleomyzidaeHeleomyzidae is a small family of true flies in the insect order Diptera. There are over 650 described species of Heleomyzidae in about 80 genera and 22 tribes distributed throughout the world; the greatest number occur in the Holarctic Region. Approximately 100 species of Heleomyzidae are found in...
Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Heteromyzidae, Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae. - HelosciomyzidaeHelosciomyzidaeHelosciomyzidae is a very small family of flies. They comprise nine genera and 22 species.-Distribution:All are know from the Southern Hemisphere. With the exception of the South American genus Sciogriphoneura the family occurs in Australia, New Zealand.-Classification:*Cobergius Barnes, 1981*C....
- HippoboscidaeHippoboscidaeHippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family there are winged species which can fly at least reasonably well, as well as others with vestigial or no wings which are flightless and highly apomorphic...
SamouelleGeorge SamouelleGeorge Samouelle was a curator in the British Museum of "no real scientific aptitude".Originally employed as a bookseller for Longman & Co., Samouelle joined the Natural History Museum at the same time as William Elford Leach. Leach appears to have aided Samouelle greatly, with Bate & Westwood...
, 1819 - Glutopidae
- HilarimorphidaeHilarimorphidaeHilarimorphidae or Hilarimorphid flies are a Family of Diptera. They are placed in the Super family Asiloidea, though there is some considerable doubt, but the consensus is that they are most closely related to the Bombyliidae. Most species are nearctic....
- Huttoninidae
- HybotidaeHybotidaeHybotidae, the typical dance flies are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily....
- IronomyiidaeIronomyiidaeIronomyiidae or ironic flies , are a small family of insects of the order Diptera. Historically they have been included in the family Platypezidae. It includes only 3 living species, and a number extinct fossil species.-Living Species:...
- LauxaniidaeLauxaniidaeLauxaniidae is a family of acalyptrate flies. It contains around 1800 described species in 126 genera distributed worldwide. These are generally small flies with large compound eyes, often brightly coloured in life. Many species have different patterned wings...
MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae. - LonchaeidaeLonchaeidaeLonchaeidae is a family of acalyptrate flies commonly known as lance flies. There are about 500 described species in 9 genera. These are generally small but robustly built flies with blue-black or metallic bodies...
Rondani, 1856 - LonchopteridaeLonchopteridaeLonchopteridae are a family of small , slender, yellow to brownish-black Diptera, occurring all over the world. Their common name refers to their pointed wings, which have a distinct venation...
Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Musidoridae. - Marginidae
- MegamerinidaeMegamerinidaeMegamerinidae is a family of flies with about 11 species in the genera Protexara Yang Megamerina Rondani, and Texara Walker. They are marked by an elongate, basally constricted abdomen...
Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae. - MicropezidaeMicropezidaeThe Micropezidae are a moderate-sized family of acalyptrate muscoid flies in the insect order Diptera, comprising about 500 species in about 50 genera and 5 subfamilies worldwide,...
Desmarest, 1860 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae. - MilichiidaeMilichiidaeMilichiidae are a family of flies. Most species are very small and dark in colour. Details of their biology have not yet been properly studied, but they are best known as kleptoparasites of predatory invertebrates, and accordingly are commonly known as freeloader flies or jackal flies...
Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae. - MormotomyiidaeMormotomyiidaeThe family Mormotomyiidae contains only one known species, Mormotomyia hirsuta, commonly known as the Frightful Hairy Fly, which is found in Kenya...
Austen, 1936Ernest Edward AustenErnest Edward Austen was an English entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera.His collection of Amazon and Sierra Leone insects is in the Natural History Museum, London.... - MuscidaeMuscidaeMuscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. The apical segment of the antennae of Muscidae are plumose, and the basal portion is smooth....
Latreille, 1802 - Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
- Mystacinobiidae
- MythicomyiidaeMythicomyiidaeMythicomyiids are very tiny flies found throughout most parts of the world, especially desert and semi-desert regions, except the highest altitudes and latitudes. They are not as common in the tropics, but genera such as Cephalodromia and Platypygus are known from these regions...
Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae. - Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
- NemestrinidaeNemestrinidaeNemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae. The family is small but distributed worldwide, with about 300 species in 34 genera. Larvae are endoparasitoids of either grasshoppers or scarab beetles...
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832 - Neottiophilidae Hendel, 1902
- NeriidaeNeriidaeNeriidae is a family of true flies closely related to the Micropezidae. Some species are known as cactus flies while others have been called banana stalk flies and the family was earlier treated as subfamily of the Micropezidae which are often called stilt-legged flies...
Westwood, 1840 - Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
- Nothybidae Frey, 1927
- Notomyzidae Griffiths, 1972
- NycteribiidaeNycteribiidaeNycteribiidae of the true fly superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the Streblidae. As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable to unite all bat flies in a single family....
Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819 - OdiniidaeOdiniidaeOdiniidae is a small family of flies. There are only 58 described species but there are representatives in all the major biogeographic realms....
Hendel, 1920 - Oestridae Townsend, 1931 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.
- OpetiidaeOpetiidaeOpetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies of the Order Diptera.-References:* Chandler, P.J., 2000 Flat-Footed Flies: of Europe Brill Academic Pub ISSN 9004120238...
Rondani , 1856 - OpomyzidaeOpomyzidaeOpomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate Diptera. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The larval food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats...
Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994). - PallopteridaePallopteridaePallopteridae, or flutter-wing flies is a family of Diptera. Over 50 species in 15 genera are found in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern hemispheres.-Biology:Little is known. Adults have been found on flowers and low hanging branches in shady habits...
Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae. - PantophthalmidaePantophthalmidaePantophthalmidae is a small family of very large, robust flies, sometimes referred to as timber flies. There are about 22 known species in two genera in the family, all of Neotropical distribution. Superficially they resemble horse flies, but are only distantly related; they are most closely...
Bigot, 1882 Synonym: Acanthomeridae. - PelecorhynchidaePelecorhynchidaePelecorhynchidae is a small family of flies. All of the genera were originally placed in the family Rhagionidae, and their elevation to family rank has been controversial. Other phylogenetic analyses have supported Pelecorhynchidae as a distinct clade from Rhagionidae. The adults of...
Enderlein, 1922 - Periscelididae Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
- Phoridae Curtis, 1833
- Piophilidae Macquart, 1835
- PipunculidaePipunculidaePipunculidae are a family of flies , commonly termed Big-Headed Flies a reference to the large eyes , which cover nearly the entire head...
WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae. - PlatypezidaePlatypezidaePlatypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats...
Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Clythiidae. - PlatystomatidaePlatystomatidaePlatystomatidae is a distinctive family of flies . Signal flies are worldwide in distribution predominating in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 119 genera.-Biology:...
Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae. - Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969
- Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct.
- Protomphralidae RohdendorfBoris Borisovitsch RohdendorfBoris Borissovich Rohdendorf was a Russianentomologist and curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Moscow. He attained the position of head of the Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow...
, 1967 Extinct. - PseudopomyzidaePseudopomyzidaeThe Pseudopomyzidae are minute to small , dark coloured acalyptrate flies.-Biology:The biology of the Pseudopomyzidae is very poorly known. The larvae of the only European species are believed to develop in rotting logs or under bark...
Frey, 1941 - PsilidaePsilidaePsilidae is family of two-winged flies. Commonly called the rust flies, there are at least 38 species in 4 genera. The Carrot fly is a member of this group.-Family Description:...
Walker, 1853 - PyrgotidaePyrgotidaePyrgotidae is an unusual family of flies , one of only two families of Diptera that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged", as is typical among Tephritoidea, but, unlike other tephritoids they are endoparasitoids; the females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle's...
Schiner, 1868 - Rachiceridae Handlirsch, 1907
- Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1938 Extinct.
- RhagionidaeRhagionidaeRhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies containing 21 genera.-Description:Rhagionidae are medium-sized or large flies with slender bodies and stilt-like legs. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and many species are haematophagous as adults, while others are predatory on other...
Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae. - RhinophoridaeRhinophoridaeRhinophoridae are a small family of flies with around 500 species. Rhinophoridae are found in all zoogeographic regions except Australasia and Oceania but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions....
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 Synonym: Melanophoridae. - Rhinotoridae Hendel, 1916
- RichardiidaeRichardiidaeRichardiidae is a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.This is a small family that consists of 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are Neotropical. Generally the biology of Richardiidae is little known. Some of the larvae are plant feeders or saprophages in decaying plant...
Snow, 1896 - Risidae Papp, 1977 Synonym: Risiidae.
- Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
- Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
- ScathophagidaeScathophagidaeThe Scathophagidae is a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as "Dung-flies" although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung. The name probably derives from the "Common Yellow Dung-fly", S...
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae. - ScenopinidaeScenopinidaeScenopinidae or window flies are a small family of flies , distributed worldwide. In buildings they are often taken at windows, hence the common name window flies....
Fallén, 1817 Synonym: Omphralidae. - Sciadoceridae Schmitz, 1929
- SciomyzidaeSciomyzidaeThe family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae....
Fallén, 1820 Synonyms: Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae. - SepsidaeSepsidaeSepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. There are approximately 250 species worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants having a "waist" and glossy black body...
Walker, 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae. - Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
- SphaeroceridaeSphaeroceridaeSphaeroceridae are a family of true flies in the order Diptera, often called small dung flies, lesser dung flies or lesser corpse flies due to their saprophagous habits. They belong to the typical fly suborder Brachycera as can be seen by their short antennae, and more precisely they are members of...
Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae. - StratiomyidaeStratiomyidaeThe soldier flies , are a family of flies . The family contains about 1,500 species in about 400 genera worldwide. Adults are found near larval habitats...
Latreille, 1804 - StreblidaeStreblidaeStreblidae are flies in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, and together with their relatives the Nycteribiidae are known as "bat flies". They are winged or wingless ectoparasites of bats, and often have long legs...
Kolenati, 1863 - StrongylophthalmyiidaeStrongylophthalmyiidaeStrongylophthalmyiidae is a small family of about 45 species of slender, long-legged flies. The majority of these occurring the Oriental and Australasian Regions. They are divided into two genera, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993 and Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902...
Hendel, 1917 - Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
- Syrphidae Latreille, 1802
- Tabanidae Latreille, 1802
- TachinidaeTachinidaeTachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae. - TanypezidaeTanypezidaeTanypezidae is a small family of medium-sized true flies found in the Nearctic Palaearctic and Neotropic zoogeographic regions. Some species have luminous silver or gold coloration.-Taxonomy:...
- TephritidaeTephritidaeTephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...
Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae. - Teratomyzidae
- Termitoxeniidae
- TethinidaeTethinidaeTethinidae, included now into the family Canacidae s.l., is a paraphyletic group of tiny drab-coloured or grey acalypterate flies . Over 180 species in 16 genera are known from all zoogeographic regions.They are inconspicuous flies which are still poorly known in some remote, huge, tropical areas...
- TherevidaeTherevidaeTherevidae are a family of Diptera Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semi-arid regions with sandy soils...
- Thyreophoridae
- Ulidiidae Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.
- VermileonidaeVermileonidaeThe Brachyceran family Vermileonidae is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology, containing fewer than 80 rare species in 10 genera. Historically the Vermileonids had been regarded as belonging to the family Rhagionidae, possibly in a subfamily Vermileoninae...
Nagatomi, 1977 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae. - Xenasteiidae
- XylomyidaeXylomyidaeXylomyidae or wood soldier flies is a family of Diptera associated with dead or dying wood .-Genera:*Solva*Solva marginata *Solva minuta*Solva nigritibialis*Solva varia*Xylomya...
Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae. - XylophagidaeXylophagidaeThe Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families...
Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.
External links
- http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/people/FCT_pdf/FGNAMES.pdf#search=%22family%20group%20names%20diptera%20pdf%22SabroskyCurtis Williams SabroskyCurtis Williams Sabrosky was an American entomologist. His wife, Laurel, preceded him in death. He had one son, Alan Ned Sabrosky. Dr. Sabrosky specialized in Diptera, especially Chloropidae....
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