PERISCELIDIDAE
(a family of flies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPERISCELIDIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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
Hackston, M. 2014 Periscelididae https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/
Papp, L. & Withers, P. 2011 A revision of the Palaearctic Periscelidinae with notes on some New World species (Diptera: Periscelididae) Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici Vol 103: 345-371.
Underwood, R. Key to the Family Periscelididae

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PERISCELIDIDAE (a family of flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PERISCELIDIDAE (a family of flies)
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