Brachycera

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordines (6): Asilomorpha – Muscomorpha – Stratiomyomorpha – Tabanomorpha – Vermileonomorpha – Xylophagomorpha

Superfamiliae: †Archisargoidea

Familiae incertae sedis: †Chimeromyiidae – †Eucaudomyiidae – †Mysteromyiidae – †Prosechamyiidae
Genera incertae sedis: †Acanthomyites – †Adipterites – †Anthracida – †Arthropiella – †Burmitempis – †Dipterites – †Eoasilidea – †Eomyza – †Epidia – †Gracilomyia – †Homoeoptychopteris – †Liassonympha – †Lithexorista – †Lithohypoderma – †Lithotachina – †Muscidites – †Myanmyia – †Pachyuronympha – †Remalia – †Syrphopsis – †Vinculomusca

Stem-group familiae: †Galliidae

Overview of familiae

Acartophthalmidae – Acroceridae – Agromyzidae – Anthomyiidae – Anthomyzidae – Apioceridae – Apsilocephalidae – Apystomyiidae – Asilidae – Asteiidae – Atelestidae – Athericidae – Aulacigastridae – Australimyzidae – Austroleptidae – Bolbomyiidae – Bombyliidae – Brachystomatidae – Braulidae – Calliphoridae – Camillidae – Canacidae – Carnidae – Celyphidae – Chamaemyiidae – Chloropidae – Chyromyidae – Circumphallidae – Clusiidae – Coelopidae – Conopidae – Cryptochetidae – Ctenostylidae – Curtonotidae – Cypselosomatidae – Diastatidae – Diopsidae – Dolichopodidae – Drosophilidae – Dryomyzidae – Empididae – Ephydridae – Eurygnathomyiidae – Evocoidae – Fanniidae – Fergusoninidae – Glossinidae – Gobryidae – Helcomyzidae – Helosciomyzidae – Heterocheilidae – Heteromyzidae – Hilarimorphidae – Hippoboscidae – Huttoninidae – Hybotidae – Inbiomyiidae – Ironomyiidae – Iteaphilidae – Lauxaniidae – Lonchaeidae – Lonchopteridae – Marginidae – Megamerinidae – Micropezidae – Milichiidae – Muscidae – Mydidae – Mystacinobiidae – Mythicomyiidae – Nannodastiidae – Natalimyzidae – Nemestrinidae – Neminidae – Neriidae – Neurochaetidae – Nycteribiidae – Odiniidae – Oestridae – Opetiidae – Opomyzidae – Oreoleptidae – Pallopteridae – Pantophthalmidae – Paraleucopidae – Pelecorhynchidae – Periscelididae – Phaeomyiidae – Phoridae – Pipunculidae – Piophilidae – Platypezidae – Platystomatidae – Psilidae – Pyrgotidae – Rhagionidae – Rhinophoridae – Richardiidae – Ropalomeridae – Sarcophagidae – Scathophagidae – Scenopinidae – Sciomyzidae – Sepsidae – Somatiidae – Sphaeroceridae – Stratiomyidae – Syringogastridae – Syrphidae – Tabanidae – Tachinidae – Tachiniscidae – Tanypezidae – Tephritidae – Teratomyzidae – Therevidae – Ulidiidae – Vermileonidae – Xenasteiidae – Xylomyidae – Xylophagidae – †Archisargidae – †Eremochaetidae – †Eucaudomyiidae – †Hoffeinsmyiidae – †Kovalevisargidae – †Mysteromyiidae – †Prosechamyiidae – †Protapioceridae – †Rhagionemestriidae – †Tethepomyiidae – †Uranorhagionidae – †Zhangsolvidae
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Name

Brachycera Macquart, 1834

Synonymy

Brachocera Macquart, 1834: 183 (protonym)
Brachycera Zetterstedt, 1842: 1

References

Primary references

Macquart, J. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Diptères I. In Roret, N.E. (ed). Nouvelles suites à Buffon, formant, avec les œuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d’histoire naturelle. Collection accompagnée de planches. Paris, 578 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Zetterstedt, J.W. 1842. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus [= Vol. 1]. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund]: 1–440. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Blagoderov, V., Grimaldi, D.A. & Fraser, N.C. 2007. How time flies for flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the Order. American Museum Novitates 3572: 39 pp. hdl: 2246/5854 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408: 1–131. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1 .
Grimaldi, D.A., Arillo, A., Cumming, J.M. & Hauser, M. 2011. Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV, significant new orthorrhaphous taxa. ZooKeys 148: 293–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809 Reference page.
Lukashevich, E.D. & Mostovski, M.B. 2023. The Imitation Game: In Search for Brachycera in the Triassic. Diversity 15(9): 989. DOI: 10.3390/d15090989 Reference page.
Nagatomi, A. & Yang, D. 1998. A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera, Orthorrhapha). Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 134: 95–192. [not seen]
Wheeler, T.A.(†) & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Systematics of Paraleucopis Malloch with proposal of Paraleucopidae, a new family of acalyptrate Diptera. Zootaxa 4668(3): 301–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Fliang
беларуская: Караткавусыя
čeština: Krátkorozí
dansk: Flue
Deutsch: Fliegen
español: Mosca
suomi: Kärpänen
Nordfriisk: Fleegen
français: Brachycère (ou "Mouche" au sens restreint)
magyar: Légyalkatúak
日本語: ハエ亜目 (短角亜目)
Līvõ kēļ: Kärmizt
македонски: Краткоусни
Nederlands: Vlieg
norsk nynorsk: Fluge
norsk: Flue
polski: Muchówki krótkoczułkie
português: Mosca
davvisámegiella: Čurrot
svenska: Fluga
中文: 短角亚目