Tephritoidea

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: Tephritoidea
Familiae (10): Ctenostylidae - Lonchaeidae - Pallopteridae - Piophilidae - Platystomatidae - Pyrgotidae - Richardiidae - Tachiniscidae - Tephritidae - Ulidiidae
Genera incertae sedis (2): Descoleia – Nosferatumyia

Name

Tephritoidea
References

El-Hawagry, M.S.A. 2017. Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae). Zootaxa 4299(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1. Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: ミバエ上科

The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. The following families are included:

Ctenostylidae
Pallopteridae — flutter flies
Piophilidae — skippers
Platystomatidae — signal flies
Pyrgotidae
Richardiidae
Tephritidae — fruit flies
Ulidiidae (Otitidae) — picture-winged flies

The Tachiniscinae, formerly ranked as the family Tachiniscidae, are now included in the Tephritidae.
References

The Diptera Site: Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Phylogeny