Oestroidea
Oestroidea | |
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Sarcophaga bercaea (Sarcophagidae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
(unranked): | Eremoneura |
(unranked): | Cyclorrhapha |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Calyptratae |
Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
Families | |
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Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae including the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives.[1][2]
The superfamily includes the families:
- Calliphoridae
- Mesembrinellidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
- Mystacinobiidae
- Oestridae
- Polleniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
- Rhiniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae)
- Rhinophoridae
- Sarcophagidae
- Tachinidae
- Ulurumyiidae[3]
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References[]
- ^ David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann (2005). "Phylogeny and evolution of Diptera: recent insights and new perspectives". The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. Columbia University Press. pp. 14–44. ISBN 978-0-231-12700-4.
- ^ Cerretti, P; Stireman, JO III; Pape, T; O’Hara, JE; Marinho, MAT; Rognes, K; Grimaldi, DA (2017). "First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences". PLOS ONE. 12 (8 (e0182101)): e0182101. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1282101C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182101. PMC 5568141. PMID 28832610.
- ^ Michelsen, Verner; Pape, Thomas (2017). "Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4): 826–836. doi:10.1111/syen.12252. S2CID 90058240.
Categories:
- Oestroidea
- Diptera superfamilies
- Oestroidea stubs