PLATYPEZOIDEA
(scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
OPETIIDAE
big-footed flies
Family 2 ident. refs
PHORIDAE
scuttle flies
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Family 6 subtaxa 10 images 6 ident. refs
PLATYPEZIDAE
flat-footed flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 19 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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)

PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
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