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Encyclopedia > Ephydroidea
?Shore flies and relatives
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Ephydroidea
Families


   Camillidae
   Curtonotidae
   Diastatidae - bog flies
   Ephydridae - shore flies
   Drosophilidae - vinegar and fruit flies Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... Infraorder Orthorrhapha Cyclorrhapha Muscomorpha Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. ... Subsections Acalyptratae Calyptratae Schizophora is a section of true flies containing 78 families. ... Superfamilies   Superfamily Conopoidea    Conopidae   Superfamily Tephritoidea    Ctenostyldae    Lonchaeidae    Pallopteridae    Piophilidae    Platystomatidae    Pyrgotidae    Richardiidae    Tachiniscidae    Tephritidae    Ulidiidae   Superfamily Nerioidea    Cypselosomatidae    Megamerinidae    Micropezidae    Neriidae    Pseudopomyzidae   Superfamily Diopsoidea    Diopsidae    Gobryidae    Nothybidae    Psilidae    Somatiidae    Syringogastridae    Tanypezidae   Superfamily Sciomyzoidea    Coelopidae    Dryomyzidae    Helosciomyzidae    Ropalomeridae    Sepsidae    Sciomyzidae   Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea    Chyromyidae    Heleomyzidae    Sphaeroceridae   Superfamily Lauxanioidea    Celyphidae    Chamaemyiidae    Eurychoromyiidae... Subfamilies Ephydrinae tribe Ephydrini tribe Scatellini Hydrelliinae tribe Hydrelliini tribe Ilytheini tribe Notiphilini tribe Typopsilopini Parydrinae tribe Gastropsini tribe Hyadinini tribe Ochtherini tribe Parydrini tribe Philygriini Psilopinae tribe Atissini tribe Discocerinini tribe Discomyzini tribe Gymnopini tribe Psilopini Ephydridae (shore flies) is a family of insects in the order Diptera. ... [[|Diversity]] Binomial name Trinomial name Type Species [[Image: ]] Synonyms Drosophilidae compound eye Drosophilidae (Order: Diptera) is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, including the genus Drosophila, which includes the species fruit fly, vinegar flies, wine flies, pomace flies, grape flies, and picked fruit-flies. ...


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Schizophora (311 words)
]Nerioidea" title="Nerioidea"> ]Diopsoidea" title="Diopsoidea"> ]Tephritoidea" title="Tephritoidea"> ]Lauxanioidea" title="Lauxanioidea"> ]Sciomyzoidea" title="Sciomyzoidea"> ]Opomyzoidea" title="Opomyzoidea"> ]Carnoidea" title="Carnoidea"> ]Sphaeroceroidea" title="Sphaeroceroidea"> ]Ephydroidea" title="Ephydroidea"> ]Calyptratae" title="Calyptratae">
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