Family Name List by Groups

Notes on the Family Classification

Alphabetic list of family group names

Links to taxon websites

NEMATOCERA*PP

Tipulomorpha
Cylindrotomidae
Limoniidae*PP [=Eriopteridae (synonym)] Pediciidae
Tipulidae
Psychodomorpha
Canthyloscelidae [=Hyperoscelididae (syn.), Synneuridae (rank)]
Perissommatidae
Psychodidae [=Phlebotomidae (synonym)]
Scatopsidae
Trichoceridae
Ptychopteromorpha
Ptychopteridae
Tanyderidae
Culicomorpha
Ceratopogonidae [=Leptoconopidae (rank)]
Chaoboridae
Chironomidae
Corethrellidae
Culicidae
Dixidae
Simuliidae
Thaumaleidae
Blephariceromorpha
Blephariceridae
Deuterophlebiidae
Nymphomyiidae
Bibionomorpha
Anisopodidae [=Olbiogastridae (rank),=Mycetobiidae (rank)]
Bibionidae [=Penthetriidae (rank),=Pleciidae (rank)]
Bolitophilidae
Cecidomyiidae [=Baeonotidae (synonym), =Lestremiidae (rank)]
Diadocidiidae*PP
Ditomyiidae
Hesperinidae
Keroplatidae [=Macroceridae (rank)]
Lygistorrhinidae
Mycetophilidae [=Manotidae (rank)]
Pachyneuridae [=Cramptonomyiidae (rank)]
Rangomaramidae
Sciaridae [=Heterotrichia group (rank)]
Axymyiomorpha
Axymyiidae

BRACHYCERA*P

Stratiomyomorpha
Panthophthalmidae
Stratiomyidae
Xylomyidae [=Solvidae (synonym)]
Tabanomorpha
Acroceridae
Athericidae
Austroleptidae
Nemestrinidae
Oreoleptidae
Rhagionidae [= Pelecorhynchidae (rank)]
Spaniidae
Tabanidae 
Xylophagidae [=Coenomyiidae (rank), =Exeretonevridae (rank), =Heterostomidae (rank), =Rachiceridae (rank)]
Vermileonomorpha
Vermileonidae
Asiloidea
Apioceridae
Apsilocephalidae
Apystomyiidae (incertae sedis)
Asilidae
Bombyliidae
Evocoidae
Hilarimorphidae
Mydidae
Mythicomyiidae
Scenopinidae
Therevidae
Empidoidea
Atelestidae
Brachystomatidae
Dolichopodidae
Empididae
Homalocnemiidae
Hybotidae
Iteaphila group
Oreogeton

CYCLORRHAPHA
ASCHIZA*P

Ironomyiidae
Lonchopteridae
Opetiidae
Phoridae [=Termitoxeniidae (synonym),= Sciadoceridae (rank)]
Pipunculidae
Platypezidae
Syrphidae [=Microdontidae (rank)]

SCHIZOPHORACALYPTRATAE

Anthomyiidae
Calliphoridae*PP [=Bengaliidae (synonym), =Mesembrinellidae (synonym)]
Fanniidae
Glossinidae
Hippoboscidae [=Nycteribiidae (rank),=Streblidae (rank)]
Mormotomyiidae
Muscidae [=Eginiidae (rank)]
Mystacinobiidae
Oestridae [=Cuterebridae (rank),=Gasterophilidae (rank), =Hypodermatidae (rank)]
Rhiniidae
Rhinophoridae [=Axiniidae (rank)]
Sarcophagidae
Scathophagidae
Tachinidae [=Stackelbergomyiidae (rank)]

ACALYPTRATAE PP*

Nerioidea
Cypselosomatidae [=Pseudopomyzidae (rank)]
Megamerinidae
Micropezidae [=Calobatidae (synonym), =Taeniapteridae (synonym),=Tylidae (synonym)]
Neriidae
Diopsoidea
Diopsidae
Gobryidae
Nothybidae
Psilidae
Somatiidae (incertae sedis)
Strongylophthalmyiidae
Syringogastridae
Tanypezidae (incertae sedis)
Conopoidea
Conopidae [=Stylogasteridae (rank)]
Tephritoidea
Ctenostylidae
Lonchaeidae
Pallopteridae [=Eurygnathomyiidae (rank)]
Piophilidae [=Neottiophilidae (rank),=Thyreophoridae (rank)]
Platystomatidae
Pyrgotidae
Richardiidae
Tachiniscidae
Tephritidae [=Phytalmiidae (synonym), =Trypetidae (synonym)]
Ulidiidae [=Euxestidae (rank), =Otitidae (rank), =Pterocallidae (rank)]
Lauxanioidea
Celyphidae
Chamaemyiidae [=Cremifaniidae (rank)]
Eurychoromyiidae
Lauxaniidae
Sciomyzoidea
Coelopidae [=Phycodromidae (synonym)]
Dryomyzidae
Helcomyzidae
Helosciomyzidae
Heterocheilidae
Huttoninidae
Phaeomyiidae
Ropalomeridae
Sciomyzidae
Sepsidae
Opomyzoidea
Agromyzidae
Anthomyzidae
Asteiidae
Aulacigastridae
Clusiidae
Fergusoninidae
Marginidae
Neminidae
Neurochaetidae
Odiniidae
Opomyzidae
Periscelididae [=Stenomicridae (rank)]
Teratomyzidae
Xenasteiidae [=Tunisimyiidae (synonym)]
Carnoidea
Acartophthalmidae
Australimyzidae
Braulidae
Canacidae
Carnidae
Chloropidae [=Mindidae (synonym), =Siphonellopsidae (rank)]
Cryptochetidae
Milichiidae
Tethinidae
Sphaeroceroidea
Chyromyidae
Heleomyzidae *PP [=Borboropsidae (rank), =Chiropteromyzidae (rank), =Cnemospathidae (rank), =Heteromyzidae (rank), =Notomyzidae (rank), =Rhinotoridae (rank), =Trixoscelididae (rank)]
Nannodastiidae
Sphaeroceridae [=Borboridae (syn.), =Cypselidae (synonym)]
Ephydroidea
Camillidae
Curtonotidae
Diastatidae [=Campichoetidae (rank)]
Drosophilidae
Ephydridae [=Risidae (rank)]

*P = paraphyleticunit
*PP = para- or polyphyletic unit