Acalyptratae

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Acalyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalpytrates). It is a very large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse habits, with one notable and perhaps surprising exception; there are no acalpytrates that are obligate blood-feeders (hematophagous), though this is a life history that is common throughout the remaining Diptera.

The name refers to the lack of calypters in the members of this group of flies.

Classification

Subsection Acalyptratae
*Superfamily Conopoidea
**Conopidae
*Superfamily Tephritoidea
**Ctenostyldae
**Lonchaeidae
**Pallopteridae
**Piophilidae
**Platystomatidae
**Pyrgotidae
**Richardiidae
**Tachiniscidae
**Tephritidae
**Ulidiidae
*Superfamily Nerioidea
**Cypselosomatidae
**Megamerinidae
**Micropezidae
**Neriidae
**Pseudopomyzidae
*Superfamily Diopsoidea
**Diopsidae
**Gobryidae
**Nothybidae
**Psilidae
**Somatiidae
**Syringogastridae
**Tanypezidae
*Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
**Coelopidae
**Dryomyzidae
**Helosciomyzidae
**Ropalomeridae
**Sepsidae
**Sciomyzidae
*Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
**Chyromyidae
**Heleomyzidae
**Sphaeroceridae
*Superfamily Lauxanioidea
**Celyphidae
**Chamaemyiidae
**Eurychoromyiidae
**Lauxaniidae
*Superfamily Opomyzoidea
**Acartophthalmidae
**Agromyzidae
**Anthomyzidae
**Asteiidae
**Aulacigastridae
**Clusiidae
**Fergusoninidae
**Marginidae
**Neminidae
**Neurochaetidae
**Odiniidae
**Opomyzidae
**Periscelididae
**Teratomyzidae
**Xenasteiidae
*Superfamily Ephydroidea
**Camillidae
**Curtonotidae
**Diastatidae
**Ephydridae
**Drosophilidae
*Superfamily Carnoidea
**Australimyzidae
**Braulidae
**Canaceidae
**Carnidae
**Chloropidae
**Cryptochaetidae
**Inbiomyiidae
**Milichiidae
**Tethinidae

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