Small to medium-sized flies, 2-10 mm long with some Neotropical species as much as 18 mm long. Body slender and elongate, with long slender legs. Head with three ocelli and moderately long antennae.
Diptera Classification: Anisopodidae
Diptera Classification: Anisopodidae
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Diptera Classification: Acroceridae; Acrosathe novella; Agromyzidae; Anisopodidae; Anopheles gambiae; Anthomyiidae; Arachnocampa flava; Asilidae; Asiloidea; Asilus crabroniformis; Bibio longipes; Bibionidae; Bibionomorpha; Blephariceridae; Blephariceromorpha; Bombyliidae; Bombylius major; Brachycera; Bradysia tilicola; Calliphoridae; Carnoidea; Cecidomyiidae; Chamaepsila hennigi; Chironomidae; Chironomus tepperi; Chloropidae; Clogmia albipunctata; Coboldia fuscipes; Cochliomyia macellaria; Conopidae; Conopoidea; Culicidae; Culicomorpha; Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni; Delia radicum; Diopsidae; Diopsoidea; Diptera; Drosophilidae; Edwardsina gigantea; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydroidea; Exeretonevra angustifrons; Glossina morsitans; Glossinidae; Haematopota pluvialis; Hermetia illucens; incertae sedis; Keroplatidae; Lauxaniidae; Lauxanioidea; Lonchoptera uniseta; Lonchopteridae; Mayetiola destructor; Musca domestica; Muscidae; Nematocera; Nemestrinoidea; Nymphomyia dolichopeza; Nymphomyiidae; Ogcodes basalis; Opomyzoidea; Oreogeton; Oreogeton scopifer; Phoridae; Physocephala marginata; Phytomyza ilicicola; Platypezoidea; Protoplasa fitchii; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Psychodomorpha; Sarcophagidae; Scathophagidae; Scatophaga stercoraria; Scatopsidae; Sciaridae; Sciomyzoidea; Sepsidae; Sepsis cynipsea; Sphaeroceridae; Sphaeroceroidea; Stratiomyidae; Stratiomyomorpha; Sylvicola fenestralis; Syrphidae; Syrphoidea; Tabanidae; Tabanomorpha; Tachinidae; Tanyderidae; Tephritidae; Tephritoidea; Thaumatomyia notata; Therevidae; Tipulidae; Tipulomorpha; Trichocera brevicornis; Trichoceridae; Xylophagidae; Xylophagomorpha
Image Galleries: Empididae; Empidoidea
Diptera Classification: Acalyptratae; Acartophthalmidae; Acroceridae; Agromyzidae; Anisopodidae; Anthomyiidae; Anthomyzidae; Apioceridae; Apsilocephalidae; Apystomyiidae; Asilidae; Asiloidea; Asteiidae; Atelestidae; Athericidae; Aulacigastridae; Australimyzidae; Austroleptidae; Axymyiidae; Axymyiomorpha; Bibionidae; Bibionomorpha; Blephariceridae; Blephariceromorpha; Bolitophilidae; Bombyliidae; Brachycera; Brachystomatidae; Braulidae; Calliphoridae; Calyptratae; Camillidae; Canacidae; Canthyloscelidae; Carnidae; Carnoidea; Cecidomyiidae; Celyphidae; Ceratopogonidae; Chamaemyiidae; Chaoboridae; Chironomidae; Chloropidae; Chyromyidae; Clusiidae; Coelopidae; Conopidae; Conopoidea; Corethrellidae; Cryptochetidae; Ctenostylidae; Culicidae; Culicomorpha; Curtonotidae; Cylindrotomidae; Cypselosomatidae; Deuterophlebiidae; Diadocidiidae; Diastatidae; Diopsidae; Diopsoidea; Diptera; Ditomyiidae; Dixidae; Dolichopodidae; Drosophilidae; Dryomyzidae; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydridae; Ephydroidea; Eurychoromyiidae; Evocoidae; Fanniidae; Fergusoninidae; Glossinidae; Gobryidae; Helcomyzidae; Heleomyzidae; Helosciomyzidae; Hesperinidae; Heterocheilidae; Hilarimorphidae; Hippoboscidae; Homalocnemiidae; Huttoninidae; Hybotidae; incertae sedis; Ironomyiidae; Iteaphila group; Keroplatidae; Lauxaniidae; Lauxanioidea; Limoniidae; Lonchaeidae; Lonchopteridae; Lygistorrhinidae; Marginidae; Megamerinidae; Micropezidae; Milichiidae; Mormotomyiidae; Muscidae; Mycetophilidae; Mydidae; Mystacinobiidae; Mythicomyiidae; Nannodastiidae; Nematocera; Nemestrinidae; Neminidae; Neriidae; Nerioidea; Neurochaetidae; Nothybidae; Nymphomyiidae; Odiniidae; Oestridae; Opetiidae; Opomyzidae; Opomyzoidea; Oreogeton; Oreoleptidae; Pachyneuridae; Pallopteridae; Panthophthalmidae; Pediciidae; Periscelididae; Perissommatidae; Phaeomyiidae; Phoridae; Phoroidea; Piophilidae; Pipunculidae; Platypezidae; Platystomatidae; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Psychodomorpha; Ptychopteridae; Ptychopteromorpha; Pyrgotidae; Rangomaramidae; Rhagionidae; Rhiniidae; Rhinophoridae; Richardiidae; Ropalomeridae; Sarcophagidae; Scathophagidae; Scatopsidae; Scenopinidae; Schizophora; Sciaridae; Sciomyzidae; Sciomyzoidea; Sepsidae; Simuliidae; Somatiidae; Spaniidae; Sphaeroceridae; Sphaeroceroidea; Stratiomyidae; Stratiomyomorpha; Strongylophthalmyiidae; Syringogastridae; Syrphidae; Tabanidae; Tabanomorpha; Tachinidae; Tachiniscidae; Tanyderidae; Tanypezidae; Tephritidae; Tephritoidea; Teratomyzidae; Thaumaleidae; Therevidae; Tipulidae; Tipulomorpha; Trichoceridae; Ulidiidae; Vermileonidae; Xenasteiidae; Xylomyidae; Xylophagidae
Modern attempts at Diptera family classification are based on the work of Willi Hennig (1948, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1971), which was summarized in this treatment in the Handbook of Zoology in 1973. This was the last united version of Diptera family classification. Since then numerous papers on various groups have been published.
Diptera Classification: Acartophthalmidae; Anisopodidae; Apsilocephalidae; Apystomyiidae; Asiloidea; Asteiidae; Atelestidae; Athericidae; Aulacigastridae; Australimyzidae; Austroleptidae; Axymyiomorpha; Bibionidae; Bombyliidae; Calliphoridae; Canacidae; Canthyloscelidae; Carnidae; Carnoidea; Cecidomyiidae; Ceratopogonidae; Chamaemyiidae; Chaoboridae; Chloropidae; Coelopidae; Conopidae; Corethrellidae; Ctenostylidae; Cylindrotomidae; Cypselosomatidae; Diastatidae; Diopsoidea; Diptera; Dolichopodidae; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydridae; Gobryidae; Helcomyzidae; Heleomyzidae; Helosciomyzidae; Heterocheilidae; Hilarimorphidae; Hippoboscidae; Huttoninidae; Hybotidae; Inbiomyiidae; incertae sedis; Keroplatidae; Limoniidae; Lygistorrhinidae; Marginidae; Micropezidae; Muscidae; Mycetophilidae; Mystacinobiidae; Mythicomyiidae; Nannodastiidae; Neminidae; Neurochaetidae; Oestridae; Opetiidae; Opomyzoidea; Oreogeton; Oreoleptidae; Pachyneuridae; Pallopteridae; Pediciidae; Periscelididae; Phaeomyiidae; Phoridae; Piophilidae; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Rhagionidae; Rhiniidae; Rhinophoridae; Sciaridae; Somatiidae; Spaniidae; Syrphidae; Tabanidae; Tachinidae; Tachiniscidae; Tanypezidae; Tephritidae; Tipulidae; Ulidiidae; Vermileonidae; Xenasteiidae; Xylophagidae
Image Galleries: Papers
Diptera Classification: Acartophthalmidae; Acroceridae; Agromyzidae; Anisopodidae; Anthomyiidae; Anthomyzidae; Apioceridae; Apsilocephalidae; Apystomyiidae; Asilidae; Asteiidae; Atelestidae; Athericidae; Aulacigastridae; Australimyzidae; Austroleptidae; Axymyiidae; Bibionidae; Blephariceridae; Bolitophilidae; Bombyliidae; Brachystomatidae; Braulidae; Calliphoridae; Camillidae; Canacidae; Canthyloscelidae; Carnidae; Cecidomyiidae; Celyphidae; Ceratopogonidae; Chamaemyiidae; Chaoboridae; Chironomidae; Chloropidae; Chyromyidae; Clusiidae; Coelopidae; Conopidae; Corethrellidae; Cryptochetidae; Ctenostylidae; Culicidae; Curtonotidae; Cylindrotomidae; Cypselosomatidae; Deuterophlebiidae; Diadocidiidae; Diastatidae; Diopsidae; Diptera; Ditomyiidae; Dixidae; Dolichopodidae; Drosophilidae; Dryomyzidae; Empididae; Empidoidea; Ephydridae; Eurychoromyiidae; Evocoidae; Fanniidae; Fergusoninidae; Glossinidae; Gobryidae; Helcomyzidae; Heleomyzidae; Helosciomyzidae; Hesperinidae; Heterocheilidae; Hilarimorphidae; Hippoboscidae; Homalocnemiidae; Huttoninidae; Hybotidae; Ironomyiidae; Iteaphila group; Keroplatidae; Lauxaniidae; Limoniidae; Lonchaeidae; Lonchopteridae; Lygistorrhinidae; Marginidae; Megamerinidae; Micropezidae; Milichiidae; Mormotomyiidae; Muscidae; Mycetophilidae; Mydidae; Mystacinobiidae; Mythicomyiidae; Nannodastiidae; Nemestrinidae; Neminidae; Neriidae; Neurochaetidae; Nothybidae; Nymphomyiidae; Odiniidae; Oestridae; Opetiidae; Opomyzidae; Pachyneuridae; Pallopteridae; Panthophthalmidae; Pediciidae; Periscelididae; Perissommatidae; Phaeomyiidae; Phoridae; Piophilidae; Pipunculidae; Platypezidae; Platystomatidae; Psilidae; Psychodidae; Ptychopteridae; Ptychopteromorpha; Pyrgotidae; Rangomaramidae; Rhagionidae; Rhiniidae; Rhinophoridae; Richardiidae; Ropalomeridae; Sarcophagidae; Scathophagidae; Scatopsidae; Scenopinidae; Sciaridae; Sciomyzidae; Sepsidae; Simuliidae; Somatiidae; Spaniidae; Sphaeroceridae; Stratiomyidae; Strongylophthalmyiidae; Syringogastridae; Syrphidae; Tabanidae; Tachinidae; Tachiniscidae; Tanyderidae; Tanypezidae; Tephritidae; Teratomyzidae; Thaumaleidae; Therevidae; Tipulidae; Trichoceridae; Ulidiidae; Vermileonidae; Xenasteiidae; Xylomyidae; Xylophagidae