Acalyptratae
| Acalyptratae | |
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| Marsh fly (Sciomyzidae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamilies | |
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Carnoidea |
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Carnoidea
Conopoidea
Diopsoidea
Ephydroidea
Lauxanioidea
Lonchaeoidea
Nerioidea
Opomyzoidea
Sciomyzoidea
Sphaeroceroidea
Tephritoidea
The Acalyptratae are a subsection of the Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalyptrates). It is a very large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse habits, with one notable and perhaps surprising exception; no known acalyptrates are obligate blood-feeders (hematophagous), though this life history is common throughout the remaining Diptera.
The name Acalypterae was first used by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart in 1835 for a section of his tribe Muscides for all acalyptrates (except conopids) plus scathophagids and phorids.
The name refers to the lack of calypters in the members of this group of flies.
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