IRMNG - Diptera

IRMNG taxon details

Diptera

IRMNG_ID

10063 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10063)

Classification

Authority

Linnaeus, 1758

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Insecta

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Family Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928
Family Acroceridae Leach, 1815
Family Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823
Family Anisopodidae Knab, 1912
Family Ansorgiidae Evenhuis, 1994 †
Family Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938 †
Family Anthomyiidae Latreille, 1829
Family Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903
Family Apioceridae Bigot, 1857
Family Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991
Genus Apystomimus Mostovski, 1999 †
Family Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994
Family Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951 †
Family Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Genus Aschizomyia Grimaldi, 2018 †
Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802
Family Asiloidea incertae sedis
Family Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 1990 †
Family Asteiidae Rondani, 1856
Family Atelestidae Hennig, 1970
Family Athericidae Nowicki, 1873
Family Aulacigastridae Duda, 1924
Family Australimyzidae Griffiths, 1972
Family Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982
Family Axymyiidae Shannon, 1921
Family Bengaliidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Family Bibionidae Fleming, 1821
Family Blephariceridae Loew, 1862
Family Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 1985 †
Family Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863
Family Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802
Family Brachystomatidae Melander, 1908
Family Braulidae Egger, 1853
Family Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Family Camillidae Frey, 1921
Family Campichoetidae Griffiths, 1972
Family Canacidae Jones, 1906
Family Canthyloscelidae Shannon, 1927
Family Carnidae Newman, 1834
Family Cascopleciidae Poinar, 2010 †
Family Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1835
Family Celyphidae Bigot, 1852
Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834
Family Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910
Family Chaoboridae Edwards, 1932
Family Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi & Cumming, 2009 †
Family Chironomidae Macquart, 1838
Family Chironomoidea incertae sedis
Family Chloropidae Rondani, 1856
Family Christelenkidae Roháček, 2023 †
Family Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916
Family Circumphallidae Papp, 2011
Family Clusiidae Hendel, 1916
Family Clusiomitidae Roháček & Hoffeins, 2021 †
Family Coelopidae Hendel, 1910
Family Coenomyiidae
Family Conopidae Latreille, 1802
Family Cordyluridae
Family Corethrellidae Edwards, 1932
Family Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983 †
Family Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
Family Ctenostylidae Bigot, 1882
Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818
Family Curtonotidae Enderlein, 1914
Family Cuterebridae Brauer, 1887
Family Cylindrotomidae Schiner, 1863
Family Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931
Family Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922
Family Dexiidae Sharp, 1887
Family Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
Family Diastatidae Hendel, 1917
Family Dictyodipteridae Rohdendorf, 1961 †
Family Diopsidae Billberg, 1820
Family Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
Family Dixidae Schiffner, 1868
Family Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809
Family Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856
Family Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1864
Family Dyspolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1961 †
Family Elliidae Krzeminska, Blagoderov & Krezmiñski, 1993 †
Family Empididae Latreille, 1804
Family Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996 †
Family Eolimnobiidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Eophlebomyiidae Cockerell, 1925 †
Family Eopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Eopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
Family Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968 †
Family Eucaudomyiidae Grimaldi, 2016 †
Family Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann, 2006
Family Fanniidae Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911
Family Fergusoninidae Hennig, 1958
Family Fungivoritidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Galliidae Lukashevich & Mostovski, 2023 †
Family Gasterophilidae Girschner, 1896
Family Glossinidae Theobald, 1903
Family Gobryidae McAlpine, 1997
Family Grauvogeliidae Krzemiński, Krzemińska & Papier, 1994 †
Family Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924
Family Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840
Family Helosciomyzidae Steyskal, 1965
Family Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995 †
Family Hesperinidae Walker, 1848
Family Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991
Family Heteropezidae Schiner, 1868
Family Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896
Family Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
Family Hippoboscoidea incertae sedis †
Family Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009 †
Family Homalocnemiidae Collin, 1928
Family Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965
Family Hybotidae Meigen, 1820
Family Hyperoscelididae Hardy & Nagatomi, 1960
Family Hyperpolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1961 †
Family Hypodermatidae Rondani, 1856
Family Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006
Family Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966
Family Iteaphilidae Wahlberg & Johanson, 2018
Family Kaluginamyiidae Lukashevich, Pepinelli & Currie, 2020 †
Family Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856
Family Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997 †
Family Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835
Family Limoniidae Speiser, 1909
Family Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861
Family Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1835
Family Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986 †
Family Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925
Family Macroceridae Rondani, 1856
Family Marginidae McAlpine, 1991
Family Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913
Family Mesophantasmatidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Micropezidae Blanchard, 1840
Family Milichiidae Schiner, 1862
Family Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936
Family Muscidae Latreille, 1802
Family Musidoromimidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834
Family Mydidae Latreille, 1809
Family Mystacinobiidae Holloway, 1976
Family Mysteromyiidae Grimaldi, 2016 †
Family Mythicomyiidae Melander, 1902
Family Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995 †
Family Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980
Family Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
Family Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
Family Neminidae McAlpine, 1983
Family Neriidae Westwood, 1840
Family Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
Family Nothybidae Frey, 1927
Family Nycteribiidae Samouelle, 1819
Family Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932
Family Odiniidae Hendel, 1920
Family Oestridae Leach, 1815
Family Opetiidae Rondani, 1856
Family Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820
Family Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard, 2005
Family Orientisargidae Zhang, 2012 †
Family Pachyneuridae Schiner, 1864
Family Palaeophoridae Rohdendorf, 1951 †
Family Palaeopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Pallopteridae Loew, 1862
Family Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1882
Family Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860
Family Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
Family Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914
Family Perissommatidae Colless, 1962
Family Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950
Family Phoridae Curtis, 1833
Family Piophilidae Macquart, 1835
Family Pipunculidae Walker, 1834
Family Platypezidae Fallén, 1815
Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862
Family Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Polleniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Family Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1985 †
Family Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969 †
Family Protapioceridae Ren, 1998 †
Family Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 †
Family Protendipedidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Protobibionidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
Family Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Pseudopomyzidae McAlpine, 1966
Family Psilidae Macquart, 1835
Family Psychodidae Newman, 1834
Family Psychodoidea incertae sedis
Family Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862
Family Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868
Family Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
Family Rhaetomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968 †
Family Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951 †
Family Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802
Family Rhiniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Family Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Family Richardiidae Loew, 1868
Family Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
Family Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
Family Scathophagidae Cresson, 1918
Family Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
Family Scenopinidae Fallén, 1817
Family Sciadoceridae Schmitz, 1929
Family Sciaridae Billberg, 1820
Family Sciaroidea incertae sedis
Family Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820
Family Sepsidae Walker, 1833
Family Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994 †
Family Siberhyphidae †
Family Simuliidae Newman, 1834
Family Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
Family Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835
Family Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802
Family Streblidae Kolenati, 1863
Family Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
Family Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
Family Syrphidae Latreille, 1802
Family Tabanidae Latreille, 1802
Family Tachinidae Bigot, 1853
Family Tachiniscidae Kertész, 1903
Family Tanyderidae Osten Sacken, 1880
Family Tanypezidae Rondani, 1856
Family Tephritidae Newman, 1834
Family Teratomyzidae Colless & McAlpine, 1970
Family Tethepomyiidae Grimaldi & Arillo, 2008 †
Family Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913
Family Therevidae Newman, 1834
Family Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999 †
Family Tipulidae Leach, 1815
Family Tipulodictyidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Tipulopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841
Family Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835
Family Ulurumyiidae Michelsen & Pape, 2017
Family Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010 †
Family Valeseguyidae Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006
Family Vermileonidae Williston, 1886
Family Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995 †
Family Vosilidae Vršanský & Ren in Vršanský, Ren & Shih, 2010 †
Family Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980
Family Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901
Family Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810
Family Yantaromyiidae Barták, 2020 †
Family Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998 †
Family Diptera (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Family Eremoneura (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Family Alinkidae Krzemiński, 1992 † accepted as Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1985 †
Family Anisopidae accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 (Variant spelling)
Family Architendipedidae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862
Family Blepharoceridae accepted as Blephariceridae Loew, 1862
Family Bolithophilidae accepted as Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863
Family Bombylidae accepted as Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802
Family Borboridae Newman, 1834 accepted as Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835
Family Canaceidae accepted as Canacidae Jones, 1906
Family Cryptochaetidae accepted as Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
Family Deximorpha Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 accepted as Tachinidae Bigot, 1853
Family Diplopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860
Family Dixamimidae † accepted as Chaoboridae Edwards, 1932
Family Eoptychopteridae Handlirsch, 1906 † accepted as Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862
Family Eurychoromyiidae endel, 1910 accepted as Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835
Family Gracilitipulidae Hong & Wang, 1990 † accepted as Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860
Family Helomyzidae accepted as Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840
Family Limnorhyphidae Hong, 1983 † accepted as Perissommatidae Colless, 1962
Family Mesothaumaleidae † accepted as Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913
Family Mydaidae accepted as Mydidae Latreille, 1809
Family Ocoidae accepted as Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann, 2006
Family Oligophryneidae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912
Family Oligophrynidae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912
Family Palaeolimnobiidae Zhang, Zhang, Liu & Shangguan, 1986 † accepted as Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860
Family Panthophthalmidae accepted as Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1882
Family Parapleciidae Hong, 1983 † accepted as Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946 †
Family Periscelidae accepted as Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914
Family Perissomatidae Colless, 1962 accepted as Perissommatidae Colless, 1962
Family Phasiidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 accepted as Tabanidae Latreille, 1802 (Treated as subfamily)
Family Phlebotomidae accepted as Psychodidae Newman, 1834
Family Protobrachycerontidae † accepted as Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1962 †
Family Rhinotoridae Williston, 1896 accepted as Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 (Treated as subfamily)
Family Richardidae accepted as Richardiidae Loew, 1868
Family Sapromyzidae accepted as Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835
Family Scatophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 accepted as Scathophagidae Cresson, 1918
Family Sinotendipedidae † accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912
Family Spaniidae Rondani, 1856 accepted as Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802
Family Sphaeoroceridae accepted as Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835
Family Stenomicridae Papp, 1984 accepted as Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914
Family Stronglyophthalmyiidae accepted as Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
Family Tethinidae accepted as Canacidae Jones, 1906
Family Trypetidae Loew, 1861 accepted as Tephritidae Newman, 1834 (Treated as subfamily)
Family Xylomidae accepted as Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901
Family Zhangobiidae Evenhuis, 1994 † accepted as Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860
Family Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000 † accepted as Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Geomyzidae Fallén, 1823 accepted as Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Leptidae Burmeister, 1837 accepted as Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Lestremiidae accepted as Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Treated as subfamily)
Family Microphoridae Collin, 1960 accepted as Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Treated as subfamily)
Family Mycetobiidae accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Ortalidae Fallén, 1810 accepted as Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, based on junior homonym)
Family Otitidae Aldrich, 1932 accepted as Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938 † accepted as Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Paratendipedidae Hong & Wang, 1990 † accepted as Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, based on junior homonym)
Family Phragmoligoneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Pleciidae Duda, 1930 accepted as Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Pleciodictyidae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Pleciomimidae Rohdendorf, 1946 † accepted as Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Protoligoneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Rhyphidae Newman, 1834 accepted as Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Synneuridae Enderlein, 1936 accepted as Canthyloscelidae Shannon, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Tanyderophryneidae Rohdendorf, 1962 † accepted as Chaoboridae Edwards, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Trixoscelidae Hendel, 1916 accepted as Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Rhopalomeridae accepted as Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Diptera. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10063 on 2024-12-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-06-09 05:34:37Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-06-09 23:40:04Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Pape, T.; Blagoderov, B.; Mostovski, M. B. (2011). Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 222-229. [details]

current name source Pape, T.; Blagoderov, B.; Mostovski, M. B. (2011). Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 222-229. [details]

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