• Source: 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.




Nematocera






= Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha

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Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922




= Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha

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Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932




= Infraorder Tipulomorpha

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Tipulidae Latreille, 1802
Cylindrotomidae Schiner, 1863
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.
Pediciidae Osten-Sacken, 1859
Limoniidae Rondani, 1856




= Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha

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Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.




= Infraorder Psychodomorpha

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




= Infraorder Culicomorpha

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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

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Perissommatidae Colless, 1962




= Infraorder Bibionomorpha

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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

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Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896
Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.
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
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
Athericidae Nowicki, 1873
Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard, 2005
Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Xylophagoidea Fallén, 1810
Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exeretonevridae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Rachiceridae, Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.
Superfamily Empidoidea Latreille, 1804
Atelestidae Hennig, 1970
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 Synonym: Microphoridae
Empididae Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae.
Homalocnemiidae Collin, 1928
Hybotidae Macquart, 1823
Oreogetonidae Chvála, 1976
Ragadidae Sinclair, 2016
Superfamily Apystomyioidea Nagatomi & Liu, 1994
Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994




= Aschiza

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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
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae.
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802




= Schizophora

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Conopidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.



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
Camillidae Frey, 1921
Curtonotidae Enderlein, 1914 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae
Diastatidae Hendel, 1917 (including Campichoetidae)
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 Synonyms: Risidae, Risiidae.
Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936
Superfamily Lauxanioidea Macquart, 1835
Celyphidae Bigot, 1852
Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Ochthiphilidae.
Cremifaniidae McAlpine, 1963
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae.
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
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)
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
Glossinidae Theobald, 1903
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
Nycteribiidae Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863
Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Fanniidae Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911
Muscidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Eginiidae
Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae.
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 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






External links


Sabrosky's Family Group Names in Diptera
Palaeobiology database
Diptera families of British Columbia




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