Sphaeroceroidea

Superfamily of flies

Lesser dung flies and allies

Limosina silvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Section:  | Schizophora
Subsection:  | Acalyptratae
Superfamily:  | Sphaeroceroidea
Families

* Chyromyidae
* Heleomyzidae \- incl. Trixoscelididae & Rhinotoridae
* Heteromyzidae
* Nannodastiidae
* Sphaeroceridae

Sphaeroceroidea is a superfamily of flies. It includes the cosmopolitan families of Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies), Heleomyzidae, and Chyromyidae, as well as a few smaller groups. [1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kahanpää, Jere (2014-09-19). "Checklist of the fly families Chyromyidae and Heleomyzidae (Diptera) of Finland". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 441: 319–324. doi:10.3897/zookeys.441.7507. ISSN 1313-2970.

* Data related to Sphaeroceroidea at Wikispecies

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Extant Diptera families

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Subclass: Pterygota
* Infraclass: Neoptera
* Superorder: Endopterygota

Suborder Nematocera

| Axymyiomorpha|

* Axymyiidae

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| Culicomorpha|

| Culicoidea|

* Dixidae (meniscus midges)
* Corethrellidae (frog-biting midges)
* Chaoboridae (phantom midges)
* Culicidae (mosquitoes)

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Chironomoidea|

* Thaumaleidae (solitary midges)
* Simuliidae (black flies)
* Ceratopogonidae (biting midges)
* Chironomidae (non-biting midges)

| Blephariceromorpha|

* Blephariceridae (net-winged midges)
* Deuterophlebiidae (mountain midges)
* Nymphomyiidae

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| Bibionomorpha|

| Bibionoidea|

* Bibionidae (march flies, lovebugs)

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Anisopodoidea|

* Anisopodidae (wood gnats)

Sciaroidea
(fungus gnats)|

* Bolitophilidae
* Diadocidiidae
* Ditomyiidae
* Keroplatidae
* Mycetophilidae
* Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats)
* Cecidomyiidae (gall midges)

Psychodomorpha|

| Scatopsoidea|

* Canthyloscelidae
* Perissommatidae
* Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies, or dung midges)
* Valeseguyidae

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Psychodoidea|

* Psychodidae (moth flies)

| Ptychopteromorpha|

* Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies)
* Tanyderidae (primitive crane flies)

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| Tipulomorpha|

| Trichoceroidea|

* Trichoceridae (winter crane flies)

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Tipuloidea|

* Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies)
* Tipulidae (crane flies)

Suborder Brachycera

| Asilomorpha|

| Asiloidea|

* Apioceridae (flower-loving flies)
* Apsilocephalidae
* Apystomyiidae
* Asilidae (robber flies)
* Bombyliidae (bee flies)
* Evocoidae
* Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies)
* Mydidae (mydas flies)
* Mythicomyiidae
* Scenopinidae (window flies)
* Therevidae (stiletto flies)

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Empidoidea|

* Atelestidae
* Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies)
* Empididae (dagger flies, balloon flies)
* Homalocnemiidae
* Hybotidae (dance flies)
* Oreogetonidae
* Ragadidae

Nemestrinoidea|

* Acroceridae (small-headed flies)
* Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined flies)

Muscomorpha|

| Aschiza|

| Platypezoidea|

* Ironomyiidae (ironic flies)
* Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies)
* Opetiidae (flat-footed flies)
* Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies)
* Platypezidae (flat-footed flies)

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Syrphoidea|

* Pipunculidae (big-headed flies)
* Syrphidae (hoverflies)

| Schizophora|

| Acalyptratae|

| Conopoidea|

* Conopidae (thick-headed flies)

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Tephritoidea|

* Pallopteridae (flutter flies)
* Piophilidae (cheese flies)
* Platystomatidae (signal flies)
* Pyrgotidae
* Richardiidae
* Tephritidae (peacock flies)
* Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies)

Nerioidea|

* Cypselosomatidae
* Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies)
* Neriidae (cactus flies, banana stalk flies)

Diopsoidea|

* Diopsidae (stalk-eyed flies)
* Gobryidae
* Megamerinidae
* Nothybidae
* Psilidae (rust flies)
* Somatiidae
* Strongylophthalmyiidae
* Syringogastridae
* Tanypezidae

Sciomyzoidea|

* Coelopidae (kelp flies)
* Dryomyzidae
* Helcomyzidae
* Helosciomyzidae
* Heterocheilidae
* Huttoninidae
* Natalimyzidae
* Phaeomyiidae
* Ropalomeridae
* Sciomyzidae (marsh flies)
* Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)

Sphaeroceroidea|

* Chyromyidae
* Heleomyzidae
* Nannodastiidae
* Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)

Lauxanioidea|

* Celyphidae (beetle-backed flies)
* Chamaemyiidae (aphid flies)
* Cremifaniidae
* Lauxaniidae

Opomyzoidea|

* Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies)
* Anthomyzidae
* Asteiidae
* Aulacigastridae (sap flies)
* Clusiidae (lekking, or druid flies)
* Fergusoninidae
* Marginidae
* Neminidae
* Neurochaetidae (upside-down flies)
* Odiniidae
* Opomyzidae
* Periscelididae
* Teratomyzidae
* Xenasteiidae

Ephydroidea|

* Camillidae
* Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies)
* Diastatidae (bog flies)
* Drosophilidae (vinegar and fruit flies)
* Ephydridae (shore flies)
* Mormotomyiidae (frightful hairy fly)

Carnoidea|

* Acartophthalmidae
* Australimyzidae
* Braulidae (bee lice)
* Canacidae (beach flies)
* Carnidae
* Chloropidae (frit flies)
* Inbiomyiidae
* Milichiidae (freeloader flies)

Lonchaeoidea|

* Cryptochetidae
* Lonchaeidae (lance flies)

Calyptratae|

| Muscoidea|

* Anthomyiidae (cabbage flies)
* Fanniidae (little house flies)
* Muscidae (house flies, stable flies)
* Scathophagidae (dung flies)

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Oestroidea|

* Calliphoridae (blow-flies: bluebottles, greenbottles)
* Mesembrinellidae
* Mystacinobiidae (New Zealand batfly)
* Oestridae (botflies)
* Rhiniidae
* Rhinophoridae
* Sarcophagidae (flesh flies)
* Tachinidae (tachina flies)
* Ulurumyiidae

Hippoboscoidea|

* Glossinidae (tsetse flies)
* Hippoboscidae (louse flies)
* Nycteribiidae (bat flies)
* Streblidae (bat flies)

| Stratiomyomorpha|

| Stratiomyoidea|

* Pantophthalmidae (timber flies)
* Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)
* Xylomyidae (wood soldier flies)

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Tabanomorpha|

| Rhagionoidea|

* Austroleptidae
* Bolbomyiidae
* Rhagionidae (snipe flies)

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Tabanoidea|

* Athericidae (water snipe flies)
* Oreoleptidae
* Pelecorhynchidae
* Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

Vermileonomorpha|

| Vermileonoidea|

* Vermileonidae

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Xylophagomorpha|

| Xylophagoidea|

* Xylophagidae (awl flies)

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List of families of Diptera

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2327928
* AFD: Sphaeroceroidea
* Fossilworks: 222053
* NBN: NBNSYS0100024302
* NCBI: 43751
* NZOR: b510c670-bb36-4408-87a6-7615e5bcaab4
* WoRMS: 736223

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