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Muscomorpha  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 131750

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Infraorder  
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  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderDiptera  -- gnats, mosca, mosquito, mosquitoes, true flies  
                      SuborderBrachycera  -- circular-seamed flies, mouches muscoïdes, muscoid flies, short-horned flies  
                         InfraorderMuscomorpha   
    Direct Children:  
                            Family Acartophthalmidae  -- acartophthalmid flies 
                            Family Acroceridae  -- small-headed flies 
                            Family Agromyzidae  -- leafminer flies, mineuses 
                            Family Anthomyiidae  -- anthomyiid flies 
                            Family Anthomyzidae  -- anthomyzid flies 
                            Family Apioceridae  -- flower-loving flies 
                            Family Asilidae  -- robber flies 
                            Family Asteiidae  -- cryptochelid flies 
                            Family Atelestidae   
                            Family Aulacigastridae  -- aulacigastrid flies 
                            Family Bombyliidae  -- bee flies, bombiles 
                            Family Braulidae  -- bee lice 
                            Family Calliphoridae  -- blow flies, bluebottles, cluster flies, greenbottles 
                            Family Camillidae  -- camillid flies 
                            Family Campichoetidae   
                            Family Canaceidae  -- surf flies 
                            Family Carnidae   
                            Family Chamaemyiidae  -- aphid flies, small dung flies 
                            Family Chloropidae  -- chloropid flies 
                            Family Chyromyidae  -- chiromyid flies 
                            Family Clusiidae  -- clusiid flies 
                            Family Coelopidae  -- kelp flies, seaweed flies 
                            Family Conopidae  -- thick-headed flies 
                            Family Cryptochetidae  -- cryptochetid flies 
                            Family Curtonotidae  -- curtonotid flies 
                            Family Cypselosomatidae   
                            Family Diastatidae  -- diastatid flies 
                            Family Diopsidae  -- stalk-eyed flies 
                            Family Dolichopodidae  -- longlegged flies 
                            Family Drosophilidae  -- drosophiles, moucherons, mouches du vinaigre, pomace flies, small fruit flies, vinegar flies 
                            Family Dryomyzidae  -- dryomyzid flies 
                            Family Empididae  -- balloon flies, dance flies 
                            Family Ephydridae  -- brine flies, shore flies 
                            Family Fanniidae   
                            Family Heleomyzidae  -- heleomyzid flies 
                            Family Hilarimorphidae  -- hilarimorphid flies 
                            Family Hippoboscidae  -- keds, louse flies 
                            Family Hybotidae   
                            Family Lauxaniidae  -- beach flies, lauxaniid flies 
                            Family Lonchaeidae  -- lanceflies, lonchaeid flies 
                            Family Lonchopteridae  -- spear-winged flies 
                            Family Micropezidae  -- stilt-legged flies 
                            Family Microphoridae   
                            Family Milichiidae  -- milichiid flies 
                            Family Muscidae  -- face flies, horn flies, house flies, mouches communes, mouches d'étables, mouches des cornes, mouches faciales, mouches tsé-tsé, muscid flies, stable flies, tsetse flies 
                            Family Mydidae  -- mydas flies 
                            Family Nemestrinidae  -- tangle-veined flies 
                            Family Neriidae  -- cactus flies 
                            Family Odiniidae  -- odiniid flies 
                            Family Oestridae  -- bot flies, warble flies 
                            Family Otitidae  -- picture-winged flies 
                            Family Pallopteridae  -- pallopterid flies 
                            Family Periscelididae  -- periscelidid flies 
                            Family Phoridae  -- humpbacked flies 
                            Family Piophilidae  -- cheese skippers, skipper flies 
                            Family Pipunculidae  -- big-headed flies 
                            Family Platypezidae  -- flat-footed flies 
                            Family Platystomatidae  -- picture-winged flies 
                            Family Psilidae  -- rust flies 
                            Family Pyrgotidae  -- pyrgotid flies 
                            Family Rhinophoridae  -- woodlouse flies 
                            Family Richardidae  -- richardid flies, thyreophorid flies 
                            Family Ropalomeridae  -- ropalomerid flies 
                            Family Sarcophagidae  -- flesh flies, mouches à viande 
                            Family Scathophagidae  -- dung flies 
                            Family Scenopinidae  -- windoe flies, window flies 
                            Family Sciomyzidae  -- marsh flies 
                            Family Sepsidae  -- black scavenger flies 
                            Family Sphaeroceridae   
                            Family Strongylophthalmyiidae   
                            Family Syrphidae  -- syrphes, syrphid flies, syrphides 
                            Family Tachinidae  -- tachinid flies 
                            Family Tanypezidae  -- tanypezid flies 
                            Family Tephritidae Newman, 1834 -- fruit flies, fruit flies, téphrites 
                            Family Tethinidae  -- tethinid flies 
                            Family Therevidae  -- stiletto flies 
                            Family Vermileonidae   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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