Heteromyzidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Heteromyzoidea
Familia: Heteromyzidae
Subfamiliae: Cnemospathidinae - Diaciinae - Heteromyzinae - Rhinotorinae - Sphaerocerinae - Tapeigastrinae - Trixoscelidinae

Name

Heteromyzidae Fallen, 1820

Synonyms

* Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835
* Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840

References

* McAlpine, D.K. 2007: Review of the Borboroidini or wombat flies (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), with reconsideration of the status of families Heleomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae, and descriptions of femoral gland-baskets. Records of the Australian Museum, 59: 143–219. [1]