This is a list of the families of the order Diptera (true flies). The classification is based largely on Pape et al. (2011). Many of the fossil species are of uncertain placement and are retained in separate lists broadly under Nematocera and Brachycera.[1]
^Pape, Thomas; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Mostovski, Michail B. (2011). "Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758". In Zhang, Z. Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (PDF). Magnolia Press. pp. 222–229.
^"art. 11.7.1.3. ICZN". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
^ a bSchiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
^Michelsen, Verner; Pape, Thomas (2017). "Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4): 826–836. doi:10.1111/syen.12252. S2CID 90058240.
External links
Sabrosky's Family Group Names in Diptera
Palaeobiology database
Diptera families of British Columbia
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Other information
Identifying the families
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Pjotr Oosterbroek, 2006 The European families of the Diptera : identification, diagnosis, biology Utrecht, KNNV ISBN9050112455
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