3-457: Muscoidea Oestroidea Hippoboscoidea Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora in the insect order Diptera , commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates ). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter that covers the halteres , among which are some of the most familiar of all flies, such as the house fly . About 18,000 described species are in this group, or about 12% of all
6-502: Is nearly 5% of the known species level diversity of the Diptera , the true flies. Most muscoid flies are saprophagous , coprophagous or necrophagous as larvae, but some species are parasitic, predatory, or phytophagous . In September 2008, a study was done on the superfamily using both nucleic and mitochondrial DNA and the conclusion suggested that Muscoidea may actually be paraphyletic . This article related to members of
9-529: The flies yet described. The Mormotomyiidae belong to the Ephydroidea and not to Hippoboscoidea as previously construed. The Streblidae are probably not monophyletic . This article related to members of the muscomorph fly subsection Calyptratae is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Muscoidea Muscoidea is a superfamily of flies in the subsection Calyptratae . Muscoidea, with approximately 7000 described species,
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