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Brachycera Diptera are insects in which the hind wings are reduced to halteres. Synonyms and common names Flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges are the species in this order. In compound names containing "fly" for members of this order, the name is written as two words as in "crane fly". For insects that are members of other orders the name is written as a single word as in "butterfly". Subdivision About 85,000 species of insect have only two wings and are classified as members of Diptera, There are two generally accepted sub-orders of Diptera. The Nematocera are usually recognized by their elongated bodies and feathery antennae as represented by mosquitoes and crane flies. The Brachycera tend to have a more roundly proportioned body and very short antennae. Beyond that, considerable revision in the taxonomy of the flies has taken place since the introduction of modern cladistic techniques, and much remains uncertain. The secondary ranks between the sub-orders and the families are more out of practical considerations than out of any strict respect for phylogenetic classifications. (Modern cladists tend to spurn the use of any rank names.) Several of the classifications used now in this article remain paraphyletic groupings; this is particularly notable in the Orthorrapha. Family names Families in the list below marked with a plus sign are extinct. Nematocera Cyclorrhapha - Acalyptratae Cyclorrhapha - Calyptratae Cyclorrhapha - Aschiza Higher level invalid names - Anthomyiidea - superfamily, now in Muscoidea
- Asilidea - rank in Asiloidea
- Asilomorpha - synonym for infraorder Orthorrhapha
- Bibionidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Bolitophilidea - invalid superfamily in Bibionomorpha
- Bombyliidea - rank in Asiloidea
- Borboridea - rank in family Stratiomyomorpha
- Braulomorpha - infraorder, now in superfamily Carnoidea
- Chironomidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Chloropidea - superfamily, now in Carnoidea
- Conopidea - rank in Conopoidea
- Culicidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Culicimorpha - misspelling? of Culicomorpha
- Dixidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Drosophiloidea - superfamily, roughly equivalent to Ephydroidea
- Empididea - rank in Empidoidea
- Gastrophilidea - rank in family Oestridae
- Glossinidea - rank in superfamily Hippoboscoidea
- Heleomyzidea - superfamily, redistributed to Sphaeroceroidea, Sciomyzoidea and Opomyzoidea
- Hippoboscidea - rank in superfamily Hippoboscoidea
- Mesophantasmatidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Muscidea - rank in superfamily Muscoidea
- Musidoromorpha - rank in superfamily Platypezoidea
- Myiomorpha - infraorder, roughly equivalent to Cyclorrhapha
- Nycteribiomorpha - rank in superfamily Hippoboscoidea
- Oestridea - rank in supefamily Oestroidea
- Orphnephilidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Pachyneuridea - invalid superfamily in Bibionomorpha
- Phoromorpha - rank in superfamily Platypezoidea
- Phragmoligoneuridea - extinct rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Platypezidea - rank in superfamily Platypezoidea
- Psilidea - superfamily, redistributed to Diopsoidea and Nerioidea
- Rhaetomyiidea - rank in infraorder Culicomorpha
- Rhyphidea - rank in infraorder Bibionomorpha
- Sapromyzidea - superfamily, redistributed between Lauxanioidea and Tephritoidea
- Sarcophagidea - rank in superfamily Oestroidea
- Somatiidea - superfamily, now in Diopsoidea
- Stratiomyidea - synonym for superfamily Stratiomyomorpha
- Streblomorpha - rank in superfamily Hippoboscoidea
- Syrphidea - rank in superfamily Syrphoidea
- Tabanidea - synonym for superfamily Tabanomorpha
- Tachinidea - rank in superfamily Oestroidea
- Termitoxeniomorpha - rank in superfamily Platypezoidea
- Trypetidea - superfamily, now in superfamily Tephritoidea
References As of 2003-08-14 - Catalog of Neartic Diptera http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/diptera/diptera.htm
- The Diptera Site http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/biosys.htm
- The Bishop Museum Catalog of Fossil Diptera http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/
- The Tree of Life Project http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Diptera
- The Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov/index.html
- The National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi
- Katalog der Dipteren Bayerns http://www.zsm.mwn.de/Diptera/Dipt_Bay.htm
- Species Accounts http://www.speciesaccounts.org/Diptera.htm
- Systema Naturae http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/
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