Cephalocera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Mydidae
Subfamilia: Syllegomydinae
Genus: Cephalocera
Species: C. albida – C. brachycera – C. brachyptera – C. brunnipes – C. caffrariensis – C. catulus – C. decepta – C. devia – C. disparilis – C. dysmachoides – C. euryptera – C. fascipennis – C. flavilineata – C. imitata – C. longirostris – C. longristris – C. macrocera – C. meridionalis – C. micheneri – C. mimica – C. namaquensis – C. nigerrima – C. nigrojubata – C. propinqua – C. riparia – C. simulata – C. trichogyna – C. umbrina – C. xerophila
Name

Cephalocera Latreille, 1829: 480

Type species: Mydas longirostris Wiedemann, 1829 [subsequent monotypy Macquart, 1834: 273]
References

Papavero, N. & Wilcox, J. 1974: Studies of Mydidae (Diptera) systematics and evolution. I. A preliminary classification in subfamilies with the description of two new genera from the Oriental and Australian regions. Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo, 25:1–60.
Latreille, P.A. 1829: Suite et findes insectes. In Cuvier, [G.L.C. F.D.], Le regne animal. Tome V. Deterville et Crochard, Paris. xxiv + 556 pp.