List of families of Diptera

Families of Diptera

"Nematocera"

• Anisopodidae Edwards , 1921 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.
• Ansorgiidae Extinct.
• Antefungivoridae Extinct. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
• Architendipedidae Extinct.
• Archizelmiridae Extinct.
• Asiochaoboridae Extinct.
• Axymyiidae Shannon , 1926
• Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 Synonyms: Hesperinidae, Penthetriidae, Pleciidae.
• Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae.
• Boholdoyidae Extinct.
• Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.
• Canthyloscelididae Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae.
• Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.
• Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.
• Chaoboridae Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.
• Chironomidae Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae
• Corethrellidae
• Crosaphididae Extinct.
• Culicidae Stephens, 1829
• Cylindrotomidae Schiner, 1863 Synonym: Cylindrotominae
• Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922
• Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
• Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
• Dixidae 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.
• Limoniidae Speiser, 1909 Synonyms: Limnobiidae, Architipulidae, Diplopolyneuridae, Eoasilidae, Limoniinae
• Luanpingitidae Extinct.
• Lygistorrhinidae
• Mesophantasmatidae Extinct.
• Mesosciophilidae Extinct.
• Musidoromimidae Extinct.
• Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae
• Nadipteridae Extinct.
• Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932
• Olbiogastridae
• Oligophrynidae Extinct.
• Oreodomyiidae Extinct.
• Pachyneuridae Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.
• Parapleciidae Extinct.
• Paraxymyiidae Extinct.
• Perissommatidae
• Pleciodictyidae Extinct.
• Pleciofungivoridae Extinct. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
• Procramptonomyiidae Extinct.
• Protendipedidae Extinct. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
• Protobibionidae Extinct.
• Protopleciidae Extinct. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
• Protorhyphidae Extinct.
• Protoscatopsidae Extinct.
• Psychodidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae.
• Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.
• Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
• Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.
• Serendipidae Extinct. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
• Siberhyphidae Extinct.
• Simuliidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
• Sinotendipedidae Extinct.
• Tanyderidae Osten Sacken, 1862 Synonym: Macrochilidae.
• Tanyderophrynidae Extinct. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
• Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.
• Tipulidae Latreille, 1802
• Tipulodictyidae Extinct.
• Tipulopleciidae Extinct.
• Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.
• Zhangobiidae Extinct. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.

Brachycera

• Acartophthalmidae
• Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
• Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae
• Alinkidae Extinct.
• Anthomyiidae Latreille, 1829
• Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903
• Apioceridae
• Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al., 1991
• Asilidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.
• Asteiidae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Astiidae.
• Atelestidae
• Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973
• Aulacigastridae Duda, 1921 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae, Aulacogasteridae.
• Australimyzidae
• Bombyliidae Westwood, 1838 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.
• Borboropsidae
• Brachystomatidae
• Braulidae Schiner, 1864
• Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae.
• Camillidae Frey, 1921
• Campichoetidae
• Canacidae Jones, 1906 Synonym: Canaceidae.
• Carnidae Newman, 1834
• Celyphidae Bigot, 1852
• Centrioncidae Hennig, 1965
• Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Cremifaniidae, Ochthiphilidae.
• Chiropteromyzidae
• Chloropidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae.
• Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965)
• Clusiidae Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.
• Cnemosphathidae
• Coelopidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.
• Conopidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.
• Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
• Ctenostylidae Bigot, 1882
• Curtonotidae Duda, 1934 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae
• Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931
• Diastatidae Hendel, 1917
• Diopsidae Billberg, 1820
• Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 Synonym: Microphoridae
• Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856
• Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862
• Eginiidae Stein, 1907
• Empididae Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae.
• Eomyiidae Extinct.
• Eophlebombyiidae Extinct.
• Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
• Eurychoromyiidae Hendel, 1910
• Eostratiomyiidae Extinct.
• Eremochaetidae Extinct. Synonym: Archisargidae.
• Exeretonevridae Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976
• Fanniidae Schnabl, 1911
• Fergusoninidae
• Glossinidae
• Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Heteromyzidae, Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae.
• Helosciomyzidae
• Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
• Glutopidae
• Hilarimorphidae
• Huttoninidae
• Hybotidae
• Ironomyiidae
• Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae.
• Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856
• Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Musidoridae.
• Marginidae
• Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.
• Micropezidae Desmarest, 1860 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae.
• Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae.
• Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936
• Muscidae Latreille, 1802
• Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
• Mystacinobiidae
• Mythicomyiidae Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae.
• Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
• Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
• Neottiophilidae Hendel, 1902
• Neriidae Westwood, 1840
• Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
• Nothybidae Frey, 1927
• Notomyzidae Griffiths, 1972
• Nycteribiidae Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819
• Odiniidae Hendel, 1920
• Oestridae Townsend, 1931 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.
• Opetiidae Rondani , 1856
• Opomyzidae Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994).
• Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.
• Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1882 Synonym: Acanthomeridae.
• Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
• Periscelididae Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
• Phoridae Curtis, 1833
• Piophilidae Macquart, 1835
• Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae.
• Platypezidae Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Clythiidae.
• Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.
• Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969
• Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct.
• Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1967 Extinct.
• Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941
• Psilidae Walker, 1853
• Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868
• Rachiceridae Handlirsch, 1907
• Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1938 Extinct.
• Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae.
• Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonym: Melanophoridae.
• Rhinotoridae Hendel, 1916
• Richardiidae Snow, 1896
• Risidae Papp, 1977 Synonym: Risiidae.
• Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
• Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
• Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae.
• Scenopinidae Fallén, 1817 Synonym: Omphralidae.
• Sciadoceridae Schmitz, 1929
• Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonyms: Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae.
• Sepsidae Walker, 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae.
• Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
• Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae.
• Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804
• Streblidae Kolenati, 1863
• Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
• Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
• Syrphidae Latreille, 1802
• Tabanidae Latreille, 1802
• Tachinidae Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.
• Tanypezidae
• Tephritidae Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae.
• Teratomyzidae
• Termitoxeniidae
• Tethinidae
• Therevidae
• Thyreophoridae
• Ulidiidae Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.
• Vermileonidae Nagatomi, 1977 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.
• Xenasteiidae
• Xylomyidae Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae.
• Xylophagidae Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.

See also

• List of obsolete names in Diptera

External links

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

Sources

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Other information

• Families of Diptera found in Baltic Amber