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Sphaeroceroidea
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Sphaeroceroidea

Sphaeroceroidea is a superfamily of flies. It includes the cosmopolitan families of Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies), Heleomyzidae, and Chyromyidae, as well as a few smaller groups. It has about 2,600 species.

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4 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Heleomyzid Flies

familyHeleomyzidae

Lesser Dung Flies

familySphaeroceridae

Golden Flies

familyChyromyidae

Nannodastiidae

familyNannodastiidae

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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 774570.