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

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Acalyptratae
acalypterate flies
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 		Section (Zoo.) 1 subtaxa 5 images 1 ident. refs
Calyptratae
dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles
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 		Section (Zoo.) 2 subtaxa 2 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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
Papp, L. & Darvas, B. 1998 Palaearctic Diptera Vol 3: Higher Brachycera Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Vol 3, 880pp, Science Herald, Budapest

Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
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