Diopsoidea

Diopsoidea
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
Diopsidae - stalk-eyed flies Gobryidae Megamerinidae Nothybidae Psilidae - rust flies Somatiidae Strongylophthalmyiidae Syringogastridae Tanypezidae

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

1. ^ http://www.tolweb.org/Megamerinidae/10602 Tree of Life Web: Megamerinidae

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