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Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora
Schizophora

Schizophora is a section of Diptera containing 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, even though - technically - the term "muscoid" should be limited to flies in the superfamily Muscoidea; this is an example of informal, historical usage persisting in the vernacular....
 in the insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
 order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter
Calypter

A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the insect wing of fly between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula, which covers the halteres....
 that covers the halteres, among which are some of the most familiar of all flies, such as the house fly.








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Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora
Schizophora

Schizophora is a section of Diptera containing 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, even though - technically - the term "muscoid" should be limited to flies in the superfamily Muscoidea; this is an example of informal, historical usage persisting in the vernacular....
 in the insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
 order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter
Calypter

A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the insect wing of fly between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula, which covers the halteres....
 that covers the halteres, among which are some of the most familiar of all flies, such as the house fly.

Subsection

    • Superfamily Muscoidea
      Muscoidea

      Muscoidea is a superfamily of flies in the subsection Calyptratae....
      • Anthomyiidae
        Anthomyiidae

        File:Anthomyiidae.jpgAnthomyiidae is a large and diverse family of Muscoidea fly. Name came from Greek "anthos" + "myia" . Some species are commonly called "root-maggots", as the larvae are found in the stems and roots of various plants....
         - cabbage flies
      • Fanniidae
        Fanniidae

        The Fanniidae are a small group of Diptera largely confined to the Holarctic and temperate Neotropical regions.There are 11 Afrotropical species, 29 Oriental, and 14 Australasian....
      • Muscidae
        Muscidae

        Muscidae is a family of Diptera found in the superfamily Muscoidea. The apical segment of the antenna of Muscidae are plumose, and the basal portion is smooth....
         - house flies
      • Scathophagidae
        Scathophagidae

        The Scathophagidae is a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as "Dung-flies" although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung....
         - dung flies
    • Superfamily Oestroidea
      Oestroidea

      Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae.no:Oestroidea...
      • Calliphoridae
      • Mystacinobiidae
      • Oestridae
      • Rhinophoridae
        Rhinophoridae

        Rhinophoridae are a small family of fly with around 500 species. Rhinophoridae are found in all zoogeographic regions except Australasia ecozone and Oceania ecozone but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions....
      • Sarcophagidae
      • Tachinidae
        Tachinidae

        Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of fly within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered....
    • Superfamily Hippoboscoidea
      Hippoboscoidea

      Hippoboscoidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae. The flies in this superfamily are blood-feeding obligate parasites of their hosts. Five family are often placed here, though this number actually seems to be off a bit:...
      • Glossinidae
      • Hippoboscidae
        Hippoboscidae

        Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family there are winged species which can fly at least reasonably well, as well as others with vestigial or no wings which are flightless and highly apomorphic....
      • Mormotomyiidae
        Mormotomyiidae

        The family Mormotomyiidae contains only one known species, Mormotomyia hirsuta Ernest Edward Austen, from Kenya. Specimens have been collected from one rock on one mountain in the Okazzi Hills, in a cleft where a bat roost is located; this may possibly be the most restricted geographic distribution for any fly family....
      • Nycteribiidae
        Nycteribiidae

        Nycteribiidae of the diptera superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the Streblidae. As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable to unite all bat flies in a single family ....
      • Streblidae
        Streblidae

        Streblidae are fly in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, and together with their relatives the Nycteribiidae are known as "bat flies". They are winged or wingless ectoparasites of bats, and often have long legs....


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