This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies). The classification is based largely on Pape et al. (2011). Many of the fossil species are of uncertain placement and are retained in separate lists broadly under Nematocera and Brachycera. [1] Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.

Mar 13, 2025 · Diptera fall into three large groups: Nematocera (e.g., crane flies, midges, gnats, mosquitoes), Brachycera (e.g., horse flies, robber flies, bee flies), and Cyclorrhapha (e.g., flies …

Crane flies comprise the most speciose family of Diptera – approximately 15,270 species are described. Tipula, with well over 2000 named species and Limonia, with about 200, are among the most speciose genera of Tipulidae.

Feb 3, 2025 · A list of major references of Diptera family classification (1950-2003) (but see also those included in Yeates & Wiegmann 1999) are included in our Source document and also are in the Reference database.

Diptera is widely thought to be a member of Mecopterida, along with Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Trichoptera (caddisflies), Siphonaptera (fleas), Mecoptera (scorpionflies) and possibly Strepsiptera (twisted-wing flies).

The order Diptera includes all true flies. These insects are distinctive because their hind wings are reduced to small, club-shaped structures called halteres – only the membranous front wings serve as aerodynamic surfaces.

The Diptera, or “true flies,” are one of the largest, most species-rich, anatomically varied, and ecologically exploitive orders of insects. There are an estimated 152,000 described species worldwide, with many more as yet undescribed and unnamed.

Diptera is an order of winged insects commonly known as flies. Diptera, which are one of the most successful groups of organisms on Earth, are very diverse biologically. None are truly marine but they occupy virtually every terrestrial niche. Many have co …

Jan 1, 2009 · In the present study, a total of 27 insect species belonging to three orders Hymenoptera (64.88%), Diptera (33.15%) and Lepidoptera (1.97%) visited broccoli flowers, among which the Indian bee...

Feb 3, 2025 · Family Name List by Groups - Taxonomic list of family group names - Notes on our Family Classification