Archidiptera
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Order: | Diptera
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Suborder: | Archidiptera
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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.
Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha within the Nematocera.
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Categories:
- Diptera taxonomy
- Insect suborders
- Prehistoric Diptera
- Diptera stubs