Oestroidea

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: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Oestroidea
Familiae: Calliphoridae - Mesembrinellidae - Oestridae - Polleniidae - Rhinophoridae - Sarcophagidae - Tachinidae

Name

Oestroidea Leach, 1815

Cephenemyia stimulator

References

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gisondi, S., Rognes, K., Badano, D., Pape, T. & Cerretti, P. 2020. The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species. ZooKeys, 971: 105–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.971.51283 Open access Reference page.
Kutty, S.N.; Pape, T.; Wiegmann, B.M.; Meier, R. 2010: Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine's fly. Systematic entomology, 35 (4): 614–635. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00536.x

Vernacular names
日本語: ヒツジバエ上科

Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae including the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives.[1][2]

The superfamily includes the families:

Calliphoridae
Mesembrinellidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
Mystacinobiidae
Oestridae
Polleniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
Rhiniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
Rhinophoridae
Sarcophagidae
Tachinidae
Ulurumyiidae[3]

Mesembrinella caenozoica holotype male, fossil in Dominican amber
References

David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann (2005). "Phylogeny and evolution of Diptera: recent insights and new perspectives". The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. Columbia University Press. pp. 14–44. ISBN 978-0-231-12700-4.
Cerretti, P; Stireman, JO III; Pape, T; O’Hara, JE; Marinho, MAT; Rognes, K; Grimaldi, DA (2017). "First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences". PLOS ONE. 12 (8 (e0182101)): e0182101. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1282101C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182101. PMC 5568141. PMID 28832610.
Michelsen, Verner; Pape, Thomas (2017). "Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4): 826–836. doi:10.1111/syen.12252. S2CID 90058240.