Brachycera

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordines (6): Asilomorpha – Muscomorpha – Stratiomyomorpha – Tabanomorpha – Vermileonomorpha – Xylophagomorpha

Superfamiliae: †Archisargoidea

Familiae incertae sedis: †Chimeromyiidae – †Eucaudomyiidae – †Mysteromyiidae – †Prosechamyiidae
Genera incertae sedis: †Acanthomyites – †Adipterites – †Anthracida – †Arthropiella – †Burmitempis – †Dipterites – †Eoasilidea – †Eomyza – †Epidia – †Gracilomyia – †Homoeoptychopteris – †Liassonympha – †Lithexorista – †Lithohypoderma – †Lithotachina – †Muscidites – †Myanmyia – †Pachyuronympha – †Remalia – †Syrphopsis – †Vinculomusca

Stem-group familiae: †Galliidae

Overview of familiae

Acartophthalmidae – Acroceridae – Agromyzidae – Anthomyiidae – Anthomyzidae – Apioceridae – Apsilocephalidae – Apystomyiidae – Asilidae – Asteiidae – Atelestidae – Athericidae – Aulacigastridae – Australimyzidae – Austroleptidae – Bolbomyiidae – Bombyliidae – Brachystomatidae – Braulidae – Calliphoridae – Camillidae – Canacidae – Carnidae – Celyphidae – Chamaemyiidae – Chloropidae – Chyromyidae – Circumphallidae – Clusiidae – Coelopidae – Conopidae – Cryptochetidae – Ctenostylidae – Curtonotidae – Cypselosomatidae – Diastatidae – Diopsidae – Dolichopodidae – Drosophilidae – Dryomyzidae – Empididae – Ephydridae – Eurygnathomyiidae – Evocoidae – Fanniidae – Fergusoninidae – Glossinidae – Gobryidae – Helcomyzidae – Helosciomyzidae – Heterocheilidae – Heteromyzidae – Hilarimorphidae – Hippoboscidae – Huttoninidae – Hybotidae – Inbiomyiidae – Ironomyiidae – Iteaphilidae – Lauxaniidae – Lonchaeidae – Lonchopteridae – Marginidae – Megamerinidae – Micropezidae – Milichiidae – Muscidae – Mydidae – Mystacinobiidae – Mythicomyiidae – Nannodastiidae – Natalimyzidae – Nemestrinidae – Neminidae – Neriidae – Neurochaetidae – Nycteribiidae – Odiniidae – Oestridae – Opetiidae – Opomyzidae – Oreoleptidae – Pallopteridae – Pantophthalmidae – Paraleucopidae – Pelecorhynchidae – Periscelididae – Phaeomyiidae – Phoridae – Pipunculidae – Piophilidae – Platypezidae – Platystomatidae – Psilidae – Pyrgotidae – Rhagionidae – Rhinophoridae – Richardiidae – Ropalomeridae – Sarcophagidae – Scathophagidae – Scenopinidae – Sciomyzidae – Sepsidae – Somatiidae – Sphaeroceridae – Stratiomyidae – Syringogastridae – Syrphidae – Tabanidae – Tachinidae – Tachiniscidae – Tanypezidae – Tephritidae – Teratomyzidae – Therevidae – Ulidiidae – Vermileonidae – Xenasteiidae – Xylomyidae – Xylophagidae – †Archisargidae – †Eremochaetidae – †Eucaudomyiidae – †Hoffeinsmyiidae – †Kovalevisargidae – †Mysteromyiidae – †Prosechamyiidae – †Protapioceridae – †Rhagionemestriidae – †Tethepomyiidae – †Uranorhagionidae – †Zhangsolvidae
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Name

Brachycera Macquart, 1834

Synonymy

Brachocera: Macquart, 1834: 183
Brachycera: Zetterstedt, 1842: 1

References

Primary references

Macquart, J. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Diptères I. In Roret, N.E. (ed). Nouvelles suites à Buffon, formant, avec les œuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d’histoire naturelle. Collection accompagnée de planches. Paris, 578 pp. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Blagoderov, V., Grimaldi, D.A. & Fraser, N.C. 2007. How time flies for flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the Order. American Museum Novitates 3572: 39 pp. hdl: 2246/5854 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408: 1–131. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1 .
Grimaldi, D.A., Arillo, A., Cumming, J.M. & Hauser, M. 2011. Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV, significant new orthorrhaphous taxa. ZooKeys 148: 293–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809 Reference page.
Lukashevich, E.D. & Mostovski, M.B. 2023. The Imitation Game: In Search for Brachycera in the Triassic. Diversity 15(9): 989. DOI: 10.3390/d15090989 Reference page.
Nagatomi, A. & Yang, D. 1998. A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera, Orthorrhapha). Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 134: 95–192. [not seen]
Wheeler, T.A.(†) & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Systematics of Paraleucopis Malloch with proposal of Paraleucopidae, a new family of acalyptrate Diptera. Zootaxa 4668(3): 301–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Fliang
беларуская: Караткавусыя
čeština: Krátkorozí
dansk: Flue
Deutsch: Fliegen
español: Mosca
suomi: Kärpänen
Nordfriisk: Fleegen
français: Brachycère (ou "Mouche" au sens restreint)
magyar: Légyalkatúak
日本語: ハエ亜目 (短角亜目)
Līvõ kēļ: Kärmizt
македонски: Краткоусни
Nederlands: Vlieg
norsk nynorsk: Fluge
norsk: Flue
polski: Muchówki krótkoczułkie
português: Mosca
davvisámegiella: Čurrot
svenska: Fluga
中文: 短角亚目

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