Sciomyzoidea
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| Sciomyzoidea | |
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| Imago of Sepedon sphegea (Sciomyzidae) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea |
Sciomyzoidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.
The families placed here are:
- Coelopidae – seaweed flies
- Dryomyzidae
- Helosciomyzidae (sometimes in Sciomyzidae)
- Ropalomeridae
- Heterocheilidae
- Sepsidae – scavenger flies
- Sciomyzidae – marsh flies, snail-killing flies (including Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae)
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