This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies). The classification is based largely on Pape ''et al.'' (2011). Many of the fossil species are of uncertain placement and are retained in separate lists broadly under Nematocera and Brachycera.

Nematocera

Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha

Deuterophlebiidae The fly genus ''Deuterophlebia'' is the sole member of the small monogeneric family Deuterophlebiidae or mountain midges. Adults have broad, fan-shaped wings, and males have extremely long antennae which they employ when contesting territories ov ...

Edwards, 1922

Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha

* Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

Tipulidae Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae. Cylindrotominae, Limoniinae, and Pediciinae have been ranked as subfamilies of Tipulidae by most authors, though occasionally elevated to family rank. In the m ...

Latreille, 1802 *

Cylindrotomidae The Cylindrotomidae or long-bodied craneflies are a family of Tipulomorpha, crane flies. About 115 species in 9 genera occur worldwide. Most recent classifications place the group to family level. this was not supported by recent phylogenetic a ...

Schiner, 1863 * Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae. *

Pediciidae The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies, with about 500 species worldwide. Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Pediciidae are medium-sized to large (5 mm., ''Dicrano ...

Osten-Sacken, 1859 * Limoniidae Rondani, 1856

Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha

* Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.

Infraorder Psychodomorpha

* Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae. *

Psychodidae Psychodidae, called drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, sewer flies, or sewer gnats, is a family of Fly, true flies. Some genera have short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, m ...

Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae. * Tanyderidae Osten-Sacken, 1880 Synonym: Macrochilidae.

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Dixidae The Dixidae (meniscus midges) are a family of aquatic nematoceran flies (Diptera). The larvae live in unpolluted, standing fresh waters, just beneath the surface film, usually amongst marginal aquatic vegetation. They are found in all continents ...

Schiner, 1868 *

Corethrellidae Corethrellidae are a family of biting midges, small flying insects belonging to the order Diptera, females of which feed on the blood of frogs. The members of the family are sometimes known as frog-biting midges. The family currently consists of ...

Edwards, 1932 *

Chaoboridae Chaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges or glassworms, is a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are closely related to the Corethrellidae and Chironomidae; the adults are differentiated through peculiarit ...

Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae. *

Culicidae Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "litt ...

Meigen, 1818 *

Thaumaleidae Thaumaleidae, the solitary midges or trickle midges, are a group of nematoceran flies related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and the Simuliidae. They are small, stocky, yellow to brown flies (3–4 mm). Very few species are known f ...

Bezzi, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae. * Simuliidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae. *

Ceratopogonidae Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, generally in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic. Ceratopogonidae are holomet ...

Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae. *

Chironomidae The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many specie ...

Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae

Infraorder Perissommatomorpha

* Perissommatidae Colless, 1962

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

Anisopodidae The Anisopodidae are a small cosmopolitan family of gnat-like flies known as wood gnats or window-gnats, with 154 described extant species in 15 genera, and several described fossil taxa. Some species are saprophagous or fungivorous. They are m ...

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, 1912 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae. * Canthyloscelididae Enderlein, 1912 Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae. *

Scatopsidae __NOTOC__ The minute black scavenger flies or "dung midges", are a family, Scatopsidae, of nematoceran flies. Despite being distributed throughout the world, they form a small family with only around 250 described species in 27 genera, although m ...

Newman, 1834 * Axymyiidae Shannon, 1921 *

Hesperinidae ''Hesperinus'' is a genus of flies and the sole genus in the Relict (biology), relict family Hesperinidae belonging to the nematoceran infraorder Bibionomorpha. There are about 8 known species, nearly all from the Palearctic realm, Palaearctic re ...

Schiner, 1864 *

Bibionidae Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies ( Diptera) containing approximately 650–700 species worldwide. Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring. Because of the likelihood of adults flies being found ''in copula'', they ...

Fleming, 1821 Synonyms: Penthetriidae, Pleciidae. *

Pachyneuridae Pachyneuridae is a family of flies of the infraorder Bibionomorpha, order Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order ...

Schiner, 1864 Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae. *

Ditomyiidae The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms. There are only two genera in Europe ''Ditomyia'' W ...

Kylin, 1919 * Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863 *

Mycetophilidae The Mycetophilidae are a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. They are generally found i ...

Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae *

Bolitophilidae ''Bolitophila'' is the sole living genus in the Bolitophilidae, a family of Diptera in the superfamily Sciaroidea, with around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic species, and three species from the Oriental region (Taiwan). They are small (6� ...

Winnertz, 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae. *

Keroplatidae The Keroplatidae are a family of small fly, flies known as fungus gnats. About 950 species are described, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. They are generally forest dwellers found in the damp habitats favoured by their h ...

Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae *

Lygistorrhinidae Lygistorrhinidae is a family of long-beaked fungus gnats in the order Diptera. There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Lygistorrhinidae. Genera *†'' Archaeognoriste'' Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2004 *'' Asiorrhina'' Bl ...

Edwards, 1925 *

Rangomaramidae Rangomaramidae is a family of flies in the infraorder Bibionomorpha. The family, members of which are known as long-winged fungus gnats, was erected in 2002 by Jaschhof and Didham to include five new species of flies in the genus '' Rangomarama'' ...

Jaschhof & Didham, 2002 *

Sciaridae The Sciaridae are a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats. Commonly found in moist environments, they are known to be a pest of mushroom farms and are commonly found in household plant pots. This is one of the least studie ...

Billberg, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae. *

Cecidomyiidae Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects us ...

Newman, 1835 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.

Nematocera families known only as fossils

* Ansorgiidae Krzemiñski & Lukashevich, 1993. * Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae. * Architendipedidae * Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962. * Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 1990. * Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 1985. *

Cascopleciidae ''Cascoplecia insolitis'', rarely known as the unicorn fly, is an extinct dipteran that lived in the Early Cretaceous. The type specimen was found in Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukaw ...

* Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983. * Elliidae Krzeminska, Blagoderov & Krezmiñski, 1993. * Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996. * Eopleciidae. * Eopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962. * Eoptychopteridae. * Gracilitipulidae. * Grauvogeliidae Krzemiñski, 1999. * Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995. * Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiñski, 1995. * Hyperpolyneuridae. Rohdendorf, 1962 * Limnorhyphidae. * Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986. * Mesophantasmatidae. * Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf, 1946. * Musidoromimidae. * Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995. * Oligophrynidae. * Oreodomyiidae. * Palaeophoridae Rohdendorf, 1951. Synonym: Sciadoceridae * Parapleciidae. * Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946. * Pleciodictyidae. * Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946. Synonym: Fungivoritinae * Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1983. * Protendipedidae Rohdendorf, 1951. Synonym: Prototendipedidae. * Protobibionidae F. M. Carpenter 1992. * Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae * Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906. * Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946. * Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994. Synonym: Paratendipedidae. * Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985. * Sinotendipedidae. * Strashilidae. Synonym: Vosilidae. * Tanyderophrynidae Rohdendorf, 1962. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae. * Tethepomyiidae Grimaldi & Arillo, 2009 * Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999. * Tipulodictyidae Rohdendorf, 1962. * Tipulopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1962. *

Valeseguyidae Valeseguyidae is a family of flies, belonging to Scatopsoidea. It contains only one known extant species, ''Valeseguya rieki'', known from a single male specimen found in Victoria, Australia, described in 1990. It was initially classified as a m ...

Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006. * Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995. * Zhangobiidae. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.

Brachycera

Orthorrhapha

Nemestrinidae Nemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae. The family is small but distributed worldwide, with about 300 species in 34 genera. Larvae are endoparasitoids of eith ...

Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832 *

Acroceridae The Acroceridae are a small family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common ...

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, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae. * Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896 * Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae. ; Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802 *

Bombyliidae The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects. Overview The Bombyliidae are a large family of fl ...

Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae. *

Asilidae The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive pre ...

Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae. * Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae * Apioceridae

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, 1857 * Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann 2006 * Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991 * Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835 Synonym: Omphralidae. *

Therevidae The Therevidae are a family of flies of the superfamily Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semiarid regions with sandy soils. The larvae are predator ...

Newman, 1834 *

Mythicomyiidae Mythicomyiidae, commonly called mythicomyiids, are very tiny flies (0.5–5.0 mm) found throughout most parts of the world, especially desert and semi-desert regions, except the highest altitudes and latitudes. They are not as common in the t ...

Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae. ; Superfamily Rhagionoidea Latreille, 1802 *

Austroleptidae ''Austroleptis'' is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae. They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm. The family Austroleptidae was o ...

Nagatomi, 1982 *

Bolbomyiidae ''Bolbomyia'' is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Bolbomyiidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: ...

Stuckenberg, 2001 *

Rhagionidae Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe. Description Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies a ...

Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae (sensu Evenhuis), Paleostratiomyiidae? ; Superfamily Stratiomyoidea Latreille, 1802 * Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1886 Synonym: Acanthomeridae. * Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804 *

Xylomyidae Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood. Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera. These flies are 4 to 14 millimeters long. Their colorat ...

Verrall, 1901 Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae. ;Superfamily Tabanoidea Latreille, 1802 * Athericidae

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, 1873 * Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard, 2005 * Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922 *

Tabanidae Horse-flies or horseflies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and only the female horseflies bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in s ...

Latreille, 1802 ; Superfamily Xylophagoidea Fallén, 1810 * Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exeretonevridae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?(sensu Schumann), Rachiceridae, Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae. ; Superfamily Empidoidea Latreille, 1804 * Atelestidae Hennig, 1970 *

Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally are ...

Latreille, 1809 Synonym: Microphoridae *

Empididae __NOTOC__ Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the biogeographic realms but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empid ...

Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae. * Homalocnemiidae Collin, 1928 * Hybotidae Macquart, 1823 * Oreogetonidae Chvála, 1976 * Ragadidae Sinclair, 2016 ; Superfamily Apystomyioidea Nagatomi & Liu, 1994 * Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994

Aschiza

;Superfamily Phoroidea Curtis, 1833 * Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966 * Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1823 Synonym: Musidoridae. * Opetiidae Rondani, 1856 *

Phoridae The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing. This behaviour is a source of one of thei ...

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, 1833 Synonyms: Termitoxeniidae. *

Platypezidae Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetii ...

Latreille, 1829 Synonym: Clythiidae. ;Superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802 *

Pipunculidae Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large ( holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described. The larva ...

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, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae. * Syrphidae Latreille, 1802

Schizophora

Conopidae The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera, and the sole member of the superfamily Conopoidea. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide in all the bioge ...

Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.

Acalyptratae

; Superfamily Carnoidea Newman, 1834 * Australimyzidae Griffiths, 1972 * Braulidae

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, 1853 *

Canacidae Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. There are 113 species in 12 genera. The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily. Family description For terms see Morphology of Diptera. ...

Jones, 1906 Synonyms: Canaceidae, Tethinidae. *

Carnidae Carnidae, also known as Bird flies or Filth flies, is a family of flies ( Diptera). There are 6 genera, containing about 93 species worldwide. Most of the species are very small at 1–2 mm. Genera *'' Carnus'' Nitzsch, 1818 *'' Enigmocar ...

Newman, 1834 *

Chloropidae The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtu ...

Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae. * Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006 *

Milichiidae Milichiidae are a family of flies. Most species are very small and dark. Details of their biology have not yet been properly studied, but they are best known as kleptoparasites of predatory invertebrates, and accordingly are commonly known as fr ...

Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae. ; Superfamily Ephydroidea Zetterstedt, 1837 *

Camillidae The Camillidae are a family of flies, or Diptera. The family has five genera (four living; one fossil). Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera Minute ( long), slender, lustrous black flies with hyaline wings. The postvertical bristles ...

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, 1921 *

Curtonotidae The Curtotonidae or quasimodo flies are a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies (Diptera) with a worldwide distribution, but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian, and Palaearctic regions. Most members o ...

Enderlein, 1914 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae *

Diastatidae Diastatidae are a family of flies, and are in the order Diptera. They occur primarily in the Holarctic Region, but several species are known from the Oriental, Neotropical, and Australasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 describe ...

Hendel, 1917 (including

Campichoetidae Campichoetidae is a small family of acalyptrate Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair ...

) *

Drosophilidae The Drosophilidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes species called fruit flies, although they are more accurately referred to as vinegar or pomace flies. Another distantly related family of flies, Tephritidae, are true ...

Rondani, 1856 *

Ephydridae Ephydridae (shore fly, sometimes brine fly) is a family of insects in the order Diptera. Shore flies are tiny flies that can be found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds. About 2,000 species have been described worldwide, in ...

Zetterstedt, 1837 Synonyms: Risidae, Risiidae. *

Mormotomyiidae The family Mormotomyiidae (Diptera: Ephydroidea) contains only one known species, ''Mormotomyia hirsuta'', commonly known as the frightful hairy flyKirk-Spriggs, A.H., Kotrba, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. Further details of the morphology of the en ...

Austen, 1936 ; Superfamily Lauxanioidea Macquart, 1835 * Celyphidae

, 1852 * Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Ochthiphilidae. * Cremifaniidae McAlpine, 1963 * Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae. ; Superfamily Lonchaeoidea * Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932 *

Lonchaeidae The Lonchaeidae are a family of acalyptrate flies commonly known as lance flies. About 500 described species are placed into 9 genera. These are generally small but robustly built flies with blue-black or metallic bodies. They are found, mainly ...

Rondani, 1856 ; Superfamily Nerioidea Westwood, 1840 * Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931 Synonyms: Pseudopomyzidae

, 1941 *

Micropezidae The Micropezidae are a moderate-sized family of acalyptrate muscoid flies in the insect order Diptera, comprising about 500 species in about 50 genera and five subfamilies worldwide, (except New Zealand and Macquarie Island).McAlpine, D.K. (1998 ...

Blanchard, 1840 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae. * Neriidae Westwood, 1840 ; Superfamily Opomyzoidea Fallén, 1820 *

Acartophthalmidae The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found th ...

Czerny, 1928 *

Agromyzidae The Agromyzidae are a family commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies, for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants. A worldwide family of roughly 2,500 species, they are small, some with wing l ...

Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae * Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903 * Asteiidae Rondani, 1856 Synonym: Astiidae. * Aulacigastridae

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, 1924 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae. *

Clusiidae Clusiidae or "druid flies" is a family of small (~ 3.5 mm), thin, yellow to black acalyptrate flies with a characteristic antenna (The second segment of the antennae has a triangular projection over the third segment when viewed from the o ...

Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae. * Fergusoninidae Tonnoir, 1937 * Marginidae McAlpine, 1991 *

Megamerinidae The Megamerinidae are a family of flies (Diptera) with about 11 species in three genera. They are small and are marked by an elongated, basally constricted abdomen. The family has been variously placed in the past within the superfamilies Diopsoi ...

Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae. * Neminidae McAlpine, 1983 * Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978 *

Odiniidae Odiniidae is a small family of flies. There are only 58 described species but there are representatives in all the major biogeographic realms. Life histories are known for only few species of ''Odinia'', and no biological information is availa ...

Hendel, 1920 *

Opomyzidae Opomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate Diptera. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The larval food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats. Some species bein ...

Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae (sensu Evenhuis, 1994) *

Periscelididae Periscelididae is a family of flies. Description Periscelididae are small flies, 3-4 mm long. The head is distinctly broader than high and the cheek is broad and bulging posteriorly. The postocellar bristles are present and diverging. The ocella ...

Oldenberg, 1914 Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae. *

Teratomyzidae Teratomyzidae are a family of small flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, ...

Hennig, 1969 *

Xenasteiidae Xenasteiidae is a family of flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hin ...

Hardy, 1980 ;Superfamily Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820 *

Coelopidae The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies (order Diptera), they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, though both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is fou ...

Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae. * Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862 * Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924 * Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965 *

Helosciomyzidae The Helosciomyzidae are a small family of flies - 9 genera and 22 species. All are known from the Southern Hemisphere. With the exception of the South American genus '' Sciogriphoneura'', the family occurs in Australia, New Zealand New ...

Steyskal, 1965 * Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991 * Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006 * Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950 * Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868 *

Sciomyzidae The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae. Here, the Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae and Tetan ...

Fallén, 1820 Synonyms: Tetanoceridae. *

Sepsidae The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having ...

, 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae. ; Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea Macquart, 1835 * Chyromyidae Schiner, 1863 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae (part. sensu Schumann, 1965) * Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae, Rhinotoridae, Chiropteraomyzidae. * Heteromyzidae Fallén, 1820 * Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980 *

Sphaeroceridae Sphaeroceridae are a family of true flies in the order Diptera, often called small dung flies, lesser dung flies or lesser corpse flies due to their saprophagous habits. They belong to the typical fly suborder Brachycera as can be seen by their ...

Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae. ; Superfamily Tanypezoidea Rondani, 1856 (7 families) *

Diopsidae Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species f ...

Billberg, 1820 Synonyms: Centrioncidae. *

Gobryidae The Gobryidae are a family of five species in the genus ''Gobrya''. Walker described the genus in 1860. They are relatively rare and found in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri M ...

McAlpine, 1997 *

Nothybidae The family Nothybidae contains only the genus ''Nothybus,'' a group of colorful and elongated flies. The family has been recently revised. Taxonomy and description The morphology of Nothybidae is distinctive. The prothorax is elongated, with the ...

, 1927 *

Psilidae The Psilidae are family of flies. Commonly called the rust flies, at least 38 species are in four genera. The carrot fly (''Chamaepsila rosae'') is a member of this group. They are found mainly in the Holarctic. Description For terms see Morphol ...

Macquart, 1835 * Somatiidae Hendel, 1935 * Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917 *

Syringogastridae ''Syringogaster'' is a genus of small (4 to 6 mm) ant-mimicking flies with a petiolate abdomen, a long prothorax, a swollen and spiny hind femur, and reduced head size and large eyes. There are 20 described extant species and two species ...

Prado, 1969 *

Tanypezidae The Tanypezidae, known as the “stretched-foot flies”, are small family of acalyptrate Diptera (Schizophora, Brachycera). The 28 species are found mostly in the New World, divided between two genera: ''Tanypeza'' (2 species) is found in North ...

Rondani, 1856 ; Superfamily Tephritoidea Newman, 1834 *

Ctenostylidae The enigmatic fly family Ctenostylidae is a small group of very rare flies formerly included in the family Pyrgotidae (as the subfamily "Lochmostyliinae"); the principal reason for their inclusion in the Pyrgotidae was the absence of ocelli, a fea ...

, 1882 *

Pallopteridae Pallopteridae is a family of flies. The various species are collectively called flutter-wing flies, trembling-wing, or waving-wing flies, because of the striking vibration of the wings in many species. Over 70 species in about 15 genera are foun ...

Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae. *

Piophilidae The Piophilidae are a family of "true flies", in the order Diptera. The so-called cheese flies are the best-known members, but most species of the Piophilidae are scavengers in animal products, carrion, and fungi. They may accordingly be impo ...

Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Neottiophilidae, Thyreophoridae *

Platystomatidae The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea. Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the biogeographic realms, but predominate in the tropics. It is one of the ...

Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae. *

Pyrgotidae The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged" (i.e., have patterns of bands or spots on the wings), as is typical among the Tephritoidea, but ...

Loew, 1868 *

Richardiidae The Richardiidae are a family (biology), family of Fly, Diptera in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Tephritoidea. This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of th ...

Loew, 1868 *

Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae), ...

Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae. *

Ulidiidae The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo ...

Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.

Calyptratae

; Superfamily Hippoboscoidea Samouelle, 1819 * Glossinidae

Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tyb ...

, 1903 *

Hippoboscidae __NOTOC__ Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As ...

Samouelle, 1819 *

Nycteribiidae Nycteribiidae is a family of the true fly superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the Streblidae. As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable that bat flies cannot be u ...

Samouelle (ex Leach), 1819 *

Streblidae The Streblidae are a family of flies in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, and together with their relatives the Nycteribiidae, are known as bat flies. They are winged or wingless ectoparasites of bats, and often have long legs. They appear to be ...

Kolenati Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati (12 September 1812 – 17 July 1864) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech-Ethnic Germans, German botanist and zoologist active primarily in Prague and Brno. Kolenati was born in Prague where he completed elementary school ...

, 1863 ; Superfamily Muscoidea Latreille, 1802 *

Anthomyiidae The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Most look rather like small houseflies, but are commonly drab grey. The genus ''Anthomyia'', in contrast, is generally conspicuously patterned in black-and-white or black-and- ...

Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *

Fanniidae The Fanniidae are a small (285 species in five genera) group of true flies largely confined to the Holarctic and temperate Neotropical realms; there are 11 Afrotropical species, 29 Oriental, and 14 Australasian. Adults are medium-sized to small ...

Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911 *

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Eginiidae * Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae. ; Superfamily Oestroidea Leach, 1815 *

Calliphoridae The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing ba ...

Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae. *

Mystacinobiidae The New Zealand bat fly (''Mystacinobia zelandica'') is a small, wingless insect which lives in a commensal relationship with the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat. It is a true fly, in the order Diptera, placed in its own genus, ''Mystacinobia ...

Holloway, 1976 * Oestridae

, 1815 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae. * Rhiniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 *

Rhinophoridae Rhinophoridae is a family of flies (Diptera), commonly known as Woodlouse Flies, found in all zoogeographic regions except Oceania, but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. They are small, slender, black, bristly flies phylog ...

Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Synonym: Melanophoridae. *

Sarcophagidae Sarcophagidae () are a family of flies commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or o ...

Macquart, 1834 *

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...

Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae. *

Ulurumyiidae ''Ulurumyia macalpinei'' is a species of fly in the superfamily Oestroidea endemic to Australia. It was first discovered in the 1970s, but was not described until 2017, and in the intervening decades was informally known to entomologists as McA ...

Michelsen & Pape, 2017

Brachycera families known only as fossils

* Alinkidae Krzeminski, 1992 * Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951 * Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi, Cumming & Arillo, 2009. * Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000 * Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962. * Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1951 * Eophlebomyiidae Cockerell, 1925. * Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968. * Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009. * Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997 * Orientisargidae Zhang 2012 * Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938 * Proneottiphilidae Hennig, 1969 * Prosechamyiidae Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2007 * Protapioceridae Ren, 1998 * Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1964 * Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968. * Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1957. * Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968 * Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951 * Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010 *

Zhangsolvidae Zhangsolvidae is an extinct family of brachyceran flies known from the Cretaceous period. Members of the family possess a long proboscis, varying in length between 1.3 and 7 mm depending on the species, and were probably nectarivores. A spec ...

Nagatomi & Yang, 1998

References

External links

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*Evenhuis, N.L. (1996): Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world.

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* * *Pjotr Oosterbroek, 2006 ''The european families of the Diptera : identification, diagnosis, biology'' Utrecht, KNNV * *

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