DRYOMYZIDAE
(a family of flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Dryomyza
a genus of Dryomyzid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 33 images 1 ident. refs
Dryope
a genus of Dryomyzid flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDRYOMYZIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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
Falk, S.J. 2005 The identification and status of Dryomyza decrepita Zettertedt (Diptera, Dryomyzidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 7-12.
Underwood, R. Key to the Family Dryomyzidae (and part Helcomyzidae)

DRYOMYZIDAE (a family of flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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