Diopsoidea
| Diopsoidea | |
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| A stalk-eyed fly from Cameroon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Diopsoidea |
| Families | |
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Diopsidae - stalk-eyed flies | |
The Diopsoidea is a small but diverse cosmopolitan superfamily of acalyptrate muscoids, especially prevalent in the tropics. There is some flux in the family constituency of this group (e.g., the Megamerinidae are sometimes placed here, but may also be placed in Nerioidea),[1] and the final classification is likely to require the use of molecular systematics.
References
- ↑ http://www.tolweb.org/Megamerinidae/10602 Tree of Life Web: Megamerinidae
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