Brachycera
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordines (6):
Asilomorpha –
Muscomorpha –
Stratiomyomorpha –
Tabanomorpha –
Vermileonomorpha –
Xylophagomorpha
Superfamiliae: †Archisargoidea
Familiae incertae sedis:
†Chimeromyiidae –
†Eucaudomyiidae –
†Mysteromyiidae –
†Prosechamyiidae
Genera incertae sedis:
†Acanthomyites –
†Adipterites –
†Anthracida –
†Arthropiella –
†Burmitempis –
†Dipterites –
†Eoasilidea –
†Eomyza –
†Epidia –
†Gracilomyia –
†Homoeoptychopteris –
†Liassonympha –
†Lithexorista –
†Lithohypoderma –
†Lithotachina –
†Muscidites –
†Myanmyia –
†Pachyuronympha –
†Remalia –
†Syrphopsis –
†Vinculomusca
Stem-group familiae:
†Galliidae
Overview of familiae
[edit]Acartophthalmidae –
Acroceridae –
Agromyzidae –
Anthomyiidae –
Anthomyzidae –
Apioceridae –
Apsilocephalidae –
Apystomyiidae –
Asilidae –
Asteiidae –
Atelestidae –
Athericidae –
Aulacigastridae –
Australimyzidae –
Austroleptidae –
Bolbomyiidae –
Bombyliidae –
Brachystomatidae –
Braulidae –
Calliphoridae –
Camillidae –
Canacidae –
Carnidae –
Celyphidae –
Chamaemyiidae –
Chloropidae –
Chyromyidae –
Circumphallidae –
Clusiidae –
Coelopidae –
Conopidae –
Cryptochetidae –
Ctenostylidae –
Curtonotidae –
Cypselosomatidae –
Diastatidae –
Diopsidae –
Dolichopodidae –
Drosophilidae –
Dryomyzidae –
Empididae –
Ephydridae –
Eurygnathomyiidae –
Evocoidae –
Fanniidae –
Fergusoninidae –
Glossinidae –
Gobryidae –
Helcomyzidae –
Helosciomyzidae –
Heterocheilidae –
Heteromyzidae –
Hilarimorphidae –
Hippoboscidae –
Huttoninidae –
Hybotidae –
Inbiomyiidae –
Ironomyiidae –
Iteaphilidae –
Lauxaniidae –
Lonchaeidae –
Lonchopteridae –
Marginidae –
Megamerinidae –
Micropezidae –
Milichiidae –
Muscidae –
Mydidae –
Mystacinobiidae –
Mythicomyiidae –
Nannodastiidae –
Natalimyzidae –
Nemestrinidae –
Neminidae –
Neriidae –
Neurochaetidae –
Nycteribiidae –
Odiniidae –
Oestridae –
Opetiidae –
Opomyzidae –
Oreoleptidae –
Pallopteridae –
Pantophthalmidae –
Paraleucopidae –
Pelecorhynchidae –
Periscelididae –
Phaeomyiidae –
Phoridae –
Pipunculidae –
Piophilidae –
Platypezidae –
Platystomatidae –
Psilidae –
Pyrgotidae –
Rhagionidae –
Rhinophoridae –
Richardiidae –
Ropalomeridae –
Sarcophagidae –
Scathophagidae –
Scenopinidae –
Sciomyzidae –
Sepsidae –
Somatiidae –
Sphaeroceridae –
Stratiomyidae –
Syringogastridae –
Syrphidae –
Tabanidae –
Tachinidae –
Tachiniscidae –
Tanypezidae –
Tephritidae –
Teratomyzidae –
Therevidae –
Ulidiidae –
Vermileonidae –
Xenasteiidae –
Xylomyidae –
Xylophagidae –
†Archisargidae –
†Eremochaetidae –
†Eucaudomyiidae –
†Hoffeinsmyiidae –
†Kovalevisargidae –
†Mysteromyiidae –
†Prosechamyiidae –
†Protapioceridae –
†Rhagionemestriidae –
†Tethepomyiidae –
†Uranorhagionidae –
†Zhangsolvidae
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Name
[edit]Brachycera Macquart, 1834
Synonymy
[edit]- Brachocera: Macquart, 1834: 183
- Brachycera: Zetterstedt, 1842: 1
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Macquart, J. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Diptères I. In Roret, N.E. (ed). Nouvelles suites à Buffon, formant, avec les œuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d’histoire naturelle. Collection accompagnée de planches. Paris, 578 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Blagoderov, V., Grimaldi, D.A. & Fraser, N.C. 2007. How time flies for flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the Order. American Museum Novitates 3572: 39 pp. hdl: 2246/5854
. Reference page.
- Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408: 1–131. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1
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- Grimaldi, D.A., Arillo, A., Cumming, J.M. & Hauser, M. 2011. Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV, significant new orthorrhaphous taxa. ZooKeys 148: 293–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809
Reference page.
- Lukashevich, E.D. & Mostovski, M.B. 2023. The Imitation Game: In Search for Brachycera in the Triassic. Diversity 15(9): 989. DOI: 10.3390/d15090989
. Reference page.
- Nagatomi, A. & Yang, D. 1998. A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera, Orthorrhapha). Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 134: 95–192. [not seen]
- Wheeler, T.A.(†) & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Systematics of Paraleucopis Malloch with proposal of Paraleucopidae, a new family of acalyptrate Diptera. Zootaxa 4668(3): 301–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]беларуская: Караткавусыя
čeština: Krátkorozí
dansk: Flue
Deutsch: Fliegen
español: Mosca
suomi: Kärpänen
Nordfriisk: Fleegen
français: Brachycère (ou "Mouche" au sens restreint)
magyar: Légyalkatúak
日本語: ハエ亜目 (短角亜目)
Līvõ kēļ: Kärmizt
македонски: Краткоусни
Nederlands: Vlieg
norsk nynorsk: Fluge
norsk: Flue
polski: Muchówki krótkoczułkie
português: Mosca
davvisámegiella: Čurrot
svenska: Fluga
中文: 短角亚目
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