- The
Brachyceran infraorder Muscomorpha is a
large and
diverse group of flies,
containing the bulk of the
Brachycera and most of the
known flies. It includes...
-
Cyclorrhapha is an
unranked taxon within the
infraorder Muscomorpha. They are
called "Cyclorrhapha" ('circular-seamed flies') with
reference to the circular...
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Orthorrhapha now
comprise all of the
infraorders in
Brachycera excluding the
Muscomorpha (= "Cyclorrhapha"). The
recent revision of the
taxonomy of the order...
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smaller taxa are in this group. They are
similar to most of the
familiar Muscomorpha with one
notable exception; they do not
possess a ptilinum, so lack the...
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larval "s****" is
called a
puparium (plural, puparia).
Flies of the
group Muscomorpha have puparia, as do
members of the
order Strepsiptera, and the Hemipteran...
- in the cladogram: Cal=Calyptratae Cyc=Cyclorrhapha Ere=Eremoneura Mus=
Muscomorpha Sch=Schizophora
Flies are
often abundant and are
found in
almost all...
- McAlpine, J.F. 1989.
Chapter 116.
Phylogeny and
classification of the
Muscomorpha. In
Manual of
Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 3.
Coordinated by J.F. McAlpine...
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modified into
stylets for piercing,
similar to the true bugs.
Flies of the
Muscomorpha,
including the
house fly,
Musca domestica,
stable fly,
Stomoxys calcitrans...
-
Culicidae mosquitoes Muscomorpha all other flies...
-
large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the
sister taxon to the
Muscomorpha (Cyclorrhapha).
These two
groups are
sometimes united in the unranked...
