List of Diptera families

This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies).

Nematocera

Dumeril, 1805

• Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.
• Axymyiidae Shannon, 1921
• Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 Synonyms: Hesperinidae, Penthetriidae, Pleciidae.
• Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae.
• Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.
• Canthyloscelididae Enderlein, 1912 Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae.
• Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1835 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.
• Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.
• Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.
• Chironomidae Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae
• Corethrellidae Edwards, 1932
• Culicidae Meigen, 1818
• Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922
• Diadocidiidae Winnertz,1863
• Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
• Dixidae Schiner, 1868
• Hesperinidae Schiner, 1864
• Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae
• Lygistorrhinidae Edwards,1925
• Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae
• Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932
• Pachyneuridae Schiner, 1864 Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.
• Pediciidae Osten-Sacken, 1859
• Perissommatidae Colless, 1962
• Psychodidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae.
• Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.
• Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
• Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
• Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.
• Simuliidae Newman,1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
• Tanyderidae Osten-Sacken, 1880 Synonym: Macrochilidae.
• Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.
• Tipulidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Limnobiidae, Architipulidae, Diplopolyneuridae, Eoasilidae
• Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.

Nematocera families known only as fossils

• Ansorgiidae Krzemiñski & Lukashevich, 1993 Extinct.
• Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938 Extinct. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
• Architendipedidae Extinct.
• Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct.
• Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 1990 Extinct.
• Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 1985 Extinct.
• Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983 Extinct.
• Elliidae Krzeminska, Blagoderov & Krezmiñski, 1993 Extinct.
• Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996 Extinct.
• Eopleciidae Extinct.
• Eopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct.
• Eoptychopteridae Extinct.
• Gracilitipulidae Extinct.
• Grauvogeliidae Krzemiñski, 1999 Extinct.
• Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995 Extinct.
• Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiñski, 1995 Extinct.
• Hyperpolyneuridae Extinct. Rohdendorf, 1962
• Limnorhyphidae Extinct.
• Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986 Extinct.
• Mesophantasmatidae Extinct.
• Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf, 1946 Extinct.
• Musidoromimidae Extinct.
• Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995 Extinct.
• Oligophrynidae Extinct.
• Oreodomyiidae Extinct.
• Palaeophoridae Rohdendorf, 1951 Extinct.
• Parapleciidae Extinct.
• Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946 Extinct.
• Pleciodictyidae Extinct.
• Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946 Extinct. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
• Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1983 Extinct.
• Protendipedidae Rohdendorf, 1951 Extinct. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
• Protobibionidae F. M. Carpenter 1992 Extinct.
• Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946 Extinct. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
• Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906 Extinct.
• Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946 Extinct.
• Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994 Extinct. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
• Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985 Extinct.
• Sinotendipedidae Extinct.
• Strashilidae Extinct. Synonym: Vosilidae.
• Tanyderophrynidae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
• Tethepomyiidae Grimaldi & Arillo, 2009
• Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999 Extinct.
• Tipulodictyidae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct.
• Tipulopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct.
• Valeseguyidae Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006 Extinct.
• Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995 Extinct.
• Zhangobiidae Extinct. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.

Brachycera

Macquart, 1834

• Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928
• Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
• Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae
• Anthomyiidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
• Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903
• Apioceridae Bigot, 1857
• Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991
• Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994
• Asilidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.
• Asteiidae Rondani, 1856 Synonym: Astiidae.
• Atelestidae Hennig, 1970
• Athericidae Nowicki, 1873
• Aulacigastridae Duda, 1924 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae,
• Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982 (1 genus, 8 species)
• Australimyzidae Griffiths, 1972
• Bolbomyiidae Stuckenberg, 2001
• Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.
• Brachystomatidae Melander, 1908
• Braulidae Egger, 1853
• 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 Schiner, 1863 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965)
• Clusiidae Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.
• Coelopidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.
• Conopidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.
• Ctenostylidae Bigot, 1882
• Curtonotidae Enderlein, 1914 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.
• Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
• Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann 2006
• Exeretonevridae Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976
• Fanniidae Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911
• Fergusoninidae Tonnoir, 1937 it:Fergusonina
• Glossinidae Theobald, 1903
• Gobryidae McAlpine, 1997
• Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924
• Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Heteromyzidae, Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae.
• Helosciomyzidae Steyskal, 1965
• Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991
• Heteromyzidae Fallén, 1820
• Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
• Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896
• Homalocnemiidae Collin, 1928
• Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965
• Hybotidae Macquart,1823
• Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006
• Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966
• Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae.
• Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856
• Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1823 Synonym: Musidoridae.
• Marginidae McAlpine, 1991
• Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.
• Micropezidae Blanchard, 1840 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae.
• Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae.
• Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936
• Muscidae Latreille, 1802
• Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
• Mystacinobiidae Holloway, 1976
• Mythicomyiidae Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae.
• Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980
• Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
• Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
• Neminidae McAlpine, 1983
• Neottiophilidae Hendel, 1902
• Neriidae Westwood, 1840
• Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
• Nothybidae Frey, 1927
• Nycteribiidae Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819
• Odiniidae Hendel, 1920
• Oestridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.
• Opetiidae Rondani, 1856
• Opomyzidae Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994)
• Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard, 2005
• Oreogetonidae Chvála, 1976
• Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.
• Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1886 Synonym: Acanthomeridae.
• Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
• Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914 Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
• Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950
• Phoridae Curtis, 1833
• Piophilidae Macquart, 1835
• Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae.
• Platypezidae Latreille, 1829 Synonym: Clythiidae.
• Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.
• Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941
• Psilidae Macquart, 1835
• Pyrgotidae Loew, 1868
• Rachiceridae Handlirsch, 1907
• Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae?
• Rhiniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
• Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Synonym: Melanophoridae.
• Rhinotoridae Hendel, 1916
• Richardiidae Loew, 1868
• Risidae Papp, 1977 Synonym: Risiidae.
• Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
• Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
• Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae.
• Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835 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 Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.
• Tachiniscidae Kertész, 1903
• Tanypezidae Rondani, 1856
• Tephritidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae.
• Teratomyzidae Hennig, 1969
• Termitoxeniidae
• Tethinidae
• Therevidae Newman, 1834
• Thyreophoridae
• Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.
• Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.
• Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980
• Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901 Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae.
• Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.

Brachycera families known only as fossils

• Alinkidae Extinct.
• Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951 Extinct
• Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi, Cumming & Arillo, 2009 Extinct.
• Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000 Extinct
• Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962 Extinct.
• Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1951 Extinct
• Eophlebombyiidae Cockerell, 1925 Extinct.
• Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct. Synonym: Archisargidae.
• Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009 Extinct.
• Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997 Extinct
• Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938 Extinct
• Proneottiophilidae Hennig, 1969 Extinct
• Prosechamyiidae Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2007 Extinct
• Protapioceridae Ren, 1998 Extinct
• Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1964 Extinct
• Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct.
• Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1957 Extinct.
• Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968 Extinct
• Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951 Extinct
• Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010 Extinct
• Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998 Extinct

See also

• List of obsolete names in Diptera

External links

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

Sources

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Other information

Identifying the families

• McAlpine, David K. , 1958 A key to the Australian families of Acalptrate Diptera (Insecta) Records of the Australian Museum 24 (12) 183-190 pdf full text and figures
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• Families of Diptera found in Baltic Amber