Diptera come insects in which the hinder wings come reduced to halteres. A learn of the diptera is known as dipterology.

Synonyms and common names
Flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges are a coinage in that choose. Around compound list containing "fly" for members of this a correct sequence, the title is written when 2 words when around "crane fly". For insects that come members of more orders a title is written when a individual word as around "butterfly". Flesh Fly Green Bottle Fly
Fly (unidentified species)

Subdivision
Just about 85,000 coinage of insect keep close at h& exclusively 2 wings and come classified when members of Diptera, There are ii typically accepted sub-orders of Diptera. A Nematocera come ordinarily recognized by their longer bodies & feathery antennae every bit represented by mosquitoes & crane flies. A Brachycera tend to have a further roundly proportioned person & super short antennae.

Beyond that, considerable revision in a taxonomy of the flies has taken place since the introduction of modern cladistic techniques, & great deal remains uncertain. A secondary ranks between a sub-orders & a families come further away from practical considerations than away from any nonindulgent respect for phyletic classifications. (Modern cladists tend to spurn a utilise of any rank list.) Many of the classifications utilized currently in that article remain paraphyletic groupings; this is particularly notable in the Orthorrapha.

Family names
Families in the names following marked sustaining the + sign come out.

Nematocera
+Ansorgiidae +Antefungivoridae Baenotidae - synonym for Cecidomyiidae +Boholdoyidae Corethrellidae - rank within Chaoboridae Cramptonomyiidae - rank within Pachyneuridae +Crosaphididae Dixamimidae - extinct (Middle Jurassic) rank inside Chaoboridae +Elliidae +Gracilitipulidae Grauvogeliidae Hennigmatidae Hyperoscelididae - rank around Canthoscelididae Leptocenopidae - rank inside Ceratopogonidae Lestremiidae - synonym for Cecidomyiidae +Limnorhyphidae +Luanpingitidae Macroceridae - rank inside Keroplatidae +Mesosciophilidae Mycetobiidae - rank within Anisopodidae Nadipteridae Olbiogastridae - rank within Anisopodidae Oreodomyiidae Orphnephilidae - rank inside Thaumaleidae +Parapleciidae Penthrediidae - rank inside Bibionidae Phragmoligoneuridae - synonym for out Protopliciidae Pleciidae - rank around Bibionidae +Procramptonomyiidae Rhaetomyiidae extinct (Upper Triassic) rank in Chaoboridae Rhyphidae - rank inside Anisopodidae +Serendipidae +Siberhyphidae +Sinotendipedidae Synneuridae - rank around Canthoscelididae +Zhangobiidae

Cyclorrhapha - Acalyptratae
Borboridae - synonym for Sphaeroceridae Borboropsidae - rank within Heleomyzidae Calobatidae - rank inside Micropezidae Campichoetidae - rank inside Diastatidae Canacidae - misspelling of Canaceidae Centrioncidae - rank inside Diopsidae Chiropteromyzidae - rank within Heleomyzidae Cnemosphathidae - rank around Heleomyzidae Cremifaniidae - rank around Chamaemyiidae Cypselidae - synonym for Sphaeroceridae Diopseidae - misspelling of Diopsidae Eurygnathomyidae - rank within Pallopteridae Euxestidae - rank within Ulidiidae Helcomyzidae - rank around Dryomyzidae Heterocheilidae - rank around Dryomyzidae Heteromyzidae - rank within Heleomyzidae Huttoninidae - rank inside Sciomyzidae Mindidae - synonym for Chloropidae Nannodastidae - rank within Chyromyidae Neottiophilidae - rank around Piophilidae Notomyzidae - rank around Heleomyzidae Otitidae - rank in Ulidiidae Phaeomyiidae - rank within Sciomyzidae Phycodromidae - synonym for Coelopidae Proneottiophilidae - rank inside Psilidae Pterocallidae - rank inside Ulidiidae Rhinotoridae - rank around Heleomyzidae Rhopalomeridae - misspelling of Ropalomeridae Risidae - rank inside Ephydridae Sapromyzidae - rank around Lauxaniidae Sepsididae - misspelling of sepsidae Siphonellopsidae - rank around Chloropidae Stenomicridae - rank around Persicelididae Strongylophthalmyiidae - rank around Tanypezidae Stylogastridae (or even Stylogasteridae) - rank inside Conopidae Taeniapteridae - rank around Micropezidae Thyreophoridae - rank inside Piophilidae Trixoscelididae - rank around Heleomyzidae Trypetidae - rank around Tephritidae Tunisimyiidae - rank inside Xenasteiidae Tylidae - rank inside Micropezidae

Cyclorrhapha - Calyptratae
Acridomyiidae - rank around Anthomyiidae Anthomylidae - misspelling of Anthomyiidae Axiniidae - rank inside Rhinophoridae Cordyluridae - rank within Scathophagidae Cuterebridae - rank within Oestridae Dexiidae - rank around Tachinidae Eginiidae - rank around Muscidae Gastrophilidae - rank around Oestridae Hypodermatidae - rank inside Oestridae Leucostomatidae - rank inside Sarcophagidae Mesembrinellidae - rank around Calliphoridae Phasiidae - rank inside Tachinidae Scatophagidae - misspelling of Scathophagidae; Scatophagidae is a family of fish Stackelbergomyiidae - rank inside Tachinidae Villeneuviellidae - rank inside Calliphoridae

Cyclorrhapha - Aschiza
Aenigmatiidae - rank within Phoridae Microdontidae - rank around Syrphidae Termitoxeniidae - rank inside Phoridae Thaumatoxenidae - rank inside Phoridae

Orthorrhapha Acanthomeridae - rank within Pantophthalmidae Apsilocephalidae - rank inside Therevidae Atelestidae - rank inside Empedidae Coenomyiidae - rank around Xylophagidae Cyrtosiidae - rank inside Mythicomyiidae Exeretonevridae - rank around Xylophagidae Glutopidae - rank inside Pelecorhychidae Heterostomidae - rank around Xylophagidae Hilarimorphidae - rank inside Empididae Hybotidae - rank inside Empedidae Microphoridae - rank within Empedidae Mydaidae - misspelling of Mydidae Palaeostratiomyiidae - extinct (Middle Jurassic) rank inside Rhagionidae Protobrachycerontidae - extinct (Lower Jurassic) rank within Vermileonidae Protocyrtidae - extinct (Middle Jurassic) rank within Heloridae, Hymenoptera - originally misidentified as Diptera Rachiceridae - rank within Xylophagidae Solvidae - rank inside Xylomyidae Stratiomyiidae - misspelling for Stratiomyidae Systropodidae - rank within Bomby;idae Usiidae - rank within Bomby;idae

Higher level invalid names
Anthomyiidea - superfamily, okay, inside Muscoidea Asilidea - rank inside Asiloidea Asilomorpha - synonym for infraorder Orthorrhapha Bibionidea - rank within infraorder Culicomorpha Bolitophilidea - invalid superfamily inside Bibionomorpha Bombyliidea - rank inside Asiloidea Borboridea - rank within personal Stratiomyomorpha Braulomorpha - infraorder, currently within superfamily Carnoidea Chironomidea - rank within infraorder Culicomorpha Chloropidea - superfamily, okay, around Carnoidea Conopidea - rank around Conopoidea Culicidea - rank around infraorder Culicomorpha Culicimorpha - misspelling? of Culicomorpha Dixidea - rank within infraorder Culicomorpha Drosophiloidea - superfamily, about tantamount to Ephydroidea Empididea - rank around Empidoidea Gastrophilidea - rank within personal Oestridae Glossinidea - rank within superfamily Hippoboscoidea Heleomyzidea - superfamily, redistributed to Sphaeroceroidea, Sciomyzoidea and Opomyzoidea Hippoboscidea - rank around superfamily Hippoboscoidea Mesophantasmatidea - rank around infraorder Culicomorpha Muscidea - rank inside superfamily Muscoidea Musidoromorpha - rank around superfamily Platypezoidea Myiomorpha - infraorder, about tantamount to Cyclorrhapha Nycteribiomorpha - rank within superfamily Hippoboscoidea Oestridea - rank around supefamily Oestroidea Orphnephilidea - rank around infraorder Culicomorpha Pachyneuridea - invalid superfamily inside Bibionomorpha Phoromorpha - rank within superfamily Platypezoidea Phragmoligoneuridea - extinct rank around infraorder Culicomorpha Platypezidea - rank inside superfamily Platypezoidea Psilidea - superfamily, redistributed to Diopsoidea and Nerioidea Rhaetomyiidea - rank inside infraorder Culicomorpha Rhyphidea - rank within infraorder Bibionomorpha Sapromyzidea - superfamily, redistributed between Lauxanioidea and Tephritoidea Sarcophagidea - rank around superfamily Oestroidea Somatiidea - superfamily, at present inside Diopsoidea Stratiomyidea - synonym for superfamily Stratiomyomorpha Streblomorpha - rank within superfamily Hippoboscoidea Syrphidea - rank inside superfamily Syrphoidea Tabanidea - synonym for superfamily Tabanomorpha Tachinidea - rank within superfamily Oestroidea Termitoxeniomorpha - rank inside superfamily Platypezoidea Trypetidea - superfamily, at present inside superfamily Tephritoidea