True fruit flies and allies
Procecidochares atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Infraorder: Muscomorpha Section: Schizophora Subsection: Acalyptratae Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Families
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The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. The following families are included:

• Lonchaeidae - lance flies
• Pallopteridae - flutter flies
• Piophilidae - skippers
• Platystomatidae - signal flies
• Pyrgotidae
• Richardiidae
• Tephritidae - fruit flies
• Ulidiidae (Otitidae) - picture-winged flies

The Tachiniscinae, formerly ranked as the family Tachiniscidae, are now included in the Tephritidae.

References

• The Diptera Site: Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Phylogeny

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