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Alternative classification of flies

Archidiptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Archidiptera
Infraorder


Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha
   Nymphomyiidae
Infraorder Dictyodipteromorpha extinct
 Superfamily Dictyodipteridea
   Dictyodipteridae - (Upper Triassic)
 Superfamily Hyperpolyneuridea
   Hyperpolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
 Superfamily Dyspolyneuridea
   Dyspolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
Infraorder Diplopolyneuromorpha extinct
   Diplopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)

Archidiptera is a suborder of Diptera under an alternative classification based largely on fossil taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists. This is a sister group of Eudiptera (another suborder also based largely on fossil taxa).

Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha within the Nematocera.

References

  1. Ide, F. P. (May 1965). "A Fly of the Archaic Family Nymphomyiidae (Diptera) from North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 97 (5): 496–507. doi:10.4039/Ent97496-5. ISSN 1918-3240. S2CID 84898033.
Taxon identifiers
Archidiptera


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