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Superfamily Oestroidea

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)(2)
Numbers
~15,000 spp. worldwide arranged into 6-7 families(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogenetics of Oestroidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) with emphasis on Calliphoridae...
Marinho MAT, Junqueira ACM, Paulo DF, Esposito MC, Villet MH, Azeredo-Espina AML. 2012. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 65: 840-854.
2.Reclustering the cluster flies (Diptera: Oestroidea, Polleniidae)
Cerretti P, Stireman JO, Badano D, Gisondi S, Rognes K, Lo Giudice G, Pape T. 2019. Sys. Entomol. 44: 957-972.
Contributed by Richard Leung on 19 March, 2005 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 10 September, 2021 - 7:33pm

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