Archidiptera

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iArchidiptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Archidiptera
Infraorder


Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha
   Nymphomyiidae
Infraorder Dictyodipteromorpha extinct
 Superfamily Dictyodipteridea
   Dictyodipteridae - (Upper Triassic)
 Superfamily Hyperpolyneuridea
   Hyperpolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
 Superfamily Dyspolyneuridea
   Dyspolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
Infraorder Diplopolyneuromorpha extinct
   Diplopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)

Archidiptera is a suborder of Diptera under an alternative classification based largely on fossil taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists.

Its sole living representative, the family Nymphomyiidae, is normally considered a member of the Blephariceromorpha within the Nematocera.