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Calyptrate Flies
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Calyptrate Flies

Calyptratae

Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora in the insect order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter that covers the halteres, among which are some of the most familiar of all flies, such as the house fly.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Bot Flies, Blow Flies, and Allies

superfamilyOestroidea

Muscoid Flies

superfamilyMuscoidea

Louse Flies, Tsetse Flies, and Allies

superfamilyHippoboscoidea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342767.