List of Diptera families

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This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies).

Nematocera

Dumeril, 1805

Nematocera families known only as fossils

Brachycera

Macquart, 1834

Brachycera families known only as fossils

See also

References

External links

Sources

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  • Evenhuis, N.L. (1996): Catalogue of the Diptera of the Australasien and Oceanian Regions. - [2]
  • Evenhuis, N.L. (1996): Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world. - [3]
  • Jacobs, W. & Renner, M (1988): Biologie und Ökologie der Insekten, 2.Aufl.. - Stuttgart: Fischer: 690 pp.
  • Maddison, D.R. Tree of life: phylogeny and systematics of Diptera. - [4]
  • Schumann, H. (1992): Systematische Gliederung der Ordnung Diptera mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der in Deutschland vorkommenden Familien. - Dt. Ent. Ztsch. N.F. 39 (1-3): 103-116.
  • Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) 2011 Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Zootaxa 3148). Magnolia Press, Auckland, 237 pp. online here pdf
  • Zoological Record. - [5]

Other information

Identifying the families