Acalyptratae

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Acalyptratae
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Marsh fly (Sciomyzidae)
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Acalyptratae
Superfamilies

Carnoidea
Conopoidea
Diopsoidea
Ephydroidea
Lauxanioidea
Nerioidea
Opomyzoidea
Sciomyzoidea
Sphaeroceroidea
Tephritoidea

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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.

The name Acalypterae was first used by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart in 1835 for a section of his tribe Muscides for all acalyptrates (except conopids) plus scathophagids and phorids.

The name refers to the lack of calypters in the members of this group of flies.

Classification

External links

  • McAlpine, David K., 1958 A key to the Australian families of Acalptrate Diptera (Insecta) Records of the Australian Museum 24 (12) 183-190 pdf full text and figures

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