DIOPSOIDEA
(psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
PSILIDAE
rust flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 45 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyDIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sumner, D. 2009 Diopsoidea

DIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
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