Acalyptratae
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 Marsh fly (Sciomyzidae)
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Acalyptratae(recommended spelling) is a subsection of Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalpytrates). It is a very large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse habits, with one notable and perhaps surprising exception; there are no acalpytrates that are obligate blood-feeders (hematophagous), though this is a life history that is common throughout the remaining Diptera.
The name Acalypterae was first used by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart in 1835 for a Section of his tribu 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.
[edit] Classification
- Subsection Acalyptratae
- Superfamily Conopoidea
- Superfamily Tephritoidea
- Superfamily Nerioidea
- Superfamily Diopsoidea
- Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
- Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
- Superfamily Lauxanioidea
- Superfamily Opomyzoidea
- Superfamily Ephydroidea
- Superfamily Carnoidea
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