Sciomyzoidea
Appearance
Sciomyzoidea | |
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Imago of Sepedon sphegea (Sciomyzidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820 |
Sciomyzoidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.[1][2]
The families placed here include at least the following:[2]
- Coelopidae – seaweed flies
- Dryomyzidae
- Helcomyzidae
- Helosciomyzidae
- Heterocheilidae
- Huttoninidae
- Natalimyzidae
- Phaeomyiidae
- Ropalomeridae
- Sciomyzidae – marsh flies, snail-killing flies (including Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae)
- Sepsidae – scavenger flies
References
[edit]- ^ "Sciomyzoidea". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). National Biodiversity Network (NBN). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Sciomyzoidea". The Diptera Site. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Sciomyzoidea at Wikimedia Commons