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Acalyptrate Flies

Acalyptratae

The Acalyptratae are a subsection of the Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalyptrates). It is a very large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse habits, with one notable and perhaps surprising exception; no known acalyptrates are obligate blood-feeders (hematophagous), though this life history is common throughout the remaining Diptera.

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10 branches of this group, most-observed first

Fruit, Signal, and Picture-winged Flies

superfamilyTephritoidea

Opomyzoidea

superfamilyOpomyzoidea

Kelp, Marsh, Thick-headed Flies and Allies

superfamilySciomyzoidea

Lauxanioidea

superfamilyLauxanioidea

Ephydroidea

superfamilyEphydroidea

Nerioidea

superfamilyNerioidea

Carnoidea

superfamilyCarnoidea

Sphaeroceroidea

superfamilySphaeroceroidea

Diopsoidea

superfamilyDiopsoidea

Paraleucopidae

familyParaleucopidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48088.