Sciomyzoidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Sciomyzoidea
Familiae (11): Coelopidae - Dryomyzidae - Helcomyzidae - Helosciomyzidae - Heterocheilidae - Huttoninidae - Natalimyzidae - Phaeomyiidae - Ropalomeridae - Sciomyzidae - Sepsidae

Name

Sciomyzoidea
Vernacular names
日本語: ヤチバエ上科
中文: 沼蝇总科

Sciomyzoidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.[1][2]

The families placed here include at least the following:[2]

Coelopidae – seaweed flies
Dryomyzidae
Helcomyzidae
Helosciomyzidae
Heterocheilidae
Huttoninidae
Natalimyzidae
Phaeomyiidae
Ropalomeridae
Sciomyzidae – marsh flies, snail-killing flies (including Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae)
Sepsidae – scavenger flies

References

"Sciomyzoidea". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). National Biodiversity Network (NBN). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
"Sciomyzoidea". The Diptera Site. Retrieved 17 December 2019.