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CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Section (Zoo.) Aschiza (a section of flies) 173          
Family CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies) 12 38 38   3 44
Family LONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies) 2 6 22   1  
Family PHORIDAE (scuttle flies) 3   1   4 26
Family PIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies) 2   3   3  
Family PLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies) 2 5 1   2 2
Family SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) 152 356 388 9 37 345
Section (Zoo.) Schizophora (a section of flies) 809          
Superfamily ACALYPTRATA (acalypterate flies) 447 244 638 72 101 1498
Superfamily CALYPTRATA (calypterate flies) 362 434 582 46 83 1214

Suggested Literature

CYCLORRHAPHA may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

CYCLORRHAPHA is associated with:

adult fly Splachnum - a genus of mosses (Funariales: Splachnaceae) adult fly spreads or disperses spore Foreign Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 [p72]

There may be more taxa associated with Cyclorrhapha listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with CYCLORRHAPHA:

Cyclorrhapha may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 Mosses and Liverworts

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