Calyptratae Explained
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 the flies yet described.[1]
Subsection
Anthomyiidae - cabbage flies
Fanniidae
Muscidae - house flies
Scathophagidae - dung flies
Calliphoridae
Mystacinobiidae
Oestridae
Rhinophoridae
Sarcophagidae
Tachinidae
Ulurumyiidae[2]
Glossinidae
Hippoboscidae
Nycteribiidae
StreblidaeThe Mormotomyiidae belong to the Ephydroidea and not to Hippoboscoidea as previously construed.[3] The Streblidae are probably not monophyletic.[4]
Notes and References
- 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00536.x. Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and Mc Alpines fly. Systematic Entomology. 35. 4. 614–635. 2010. Kutty. Sujatha Narayanan. Pape. Thomas. Wiegmann. Brian M.. Meier. Rudolf. free.
- Michelsen. Verner. Pape. Thomas. Ulurumyiidae – a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera). Systematic Entomology. 2017. 42. 4. 826–836. 10.1111/syen.12252 . 90058240 .
- Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Kotrba, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. Further details of the morphology of the enigmatic African fly Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae). African Invertebrates 52 (1): 145-165.Web site: Archived copy . 2011-10-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004200938/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/KirkSpriggs_2011_52_1_493.aspx . 2011-10-04 .
- Petersen, Frederik Torp; Meier, Rudolf; Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan & Wiegmann, Brian M. (2007): The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 111–122. (HTML abstract)
