Sciomyzoidea

Sciomyzoidea
Imago of Sepedon sphegea (Sciomyzidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Sciomyzoidea Fallén, 1820

Sciomyzoidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.^[1][2]

The families placed here include at least the following:^[2]

• Coelopidae – seaweed flies
• Dryomyzidae
• Helcomyzidae
• Helosciomyzidae
• Heterocheilidae
• Huttoninidae
• Natalimyzidae
• Phaeomyiidae
• Ropalomeridae
• Sciomyzidae – marsh flies, snail-killing flies (including Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae)
• Sepsidae – scavenger flies

References

1. "Sciomyzoidea". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). National Biodiversity Network (NBN). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
2. "Sciomyzoidea". The Diptera Site. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

External links

• Media related to Sciomyzoidea at Wikimedia Commons