Acalyptratae
(acalypterate flies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Acalyptratae (unidentified) Unidentified Acalypterate Flies					Unidentified		5 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Section	Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
Infraorder	Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
Suborder	BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Acalyptratae is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Séguy, E.	1934	* Diptère (Brachycéres) (Muscidae Acalypterae et Scatophagidae) *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 28, 867pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Muscomorpha
(hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)

BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Acalyptratae is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)