List of Diptera families

Nematocera

Infraorder Deuterophlebiomorpha

• Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922

Infraorder Nymphomyiomorpha

• Nymphomyiidae Tokunaga, 1932

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

• Tipulidae Latreille, 1802
• Cylindrotomidae Schiner, 1863
• Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841 Synonym: Petauristidae.
• Pediciidae Osten-Sacken, 1859
• Limoniidae Rondani, 1856

Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha

• Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken, 1862 Synonyms: Liriopeidae, Liriopidae.

Infraorder Psychodomorpha

• Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 Synonym: Blepharoceridae.
• Psychodidae [Edward Edward Newman (entomologist)|Newman (entomologist)|Newman], 1834 Synonyms: Nemopalpidae, Phlebotomidae, Trichomyiidae.
• Tanyderidae Osten-Sacken, 1880 Synonym: Macrochilidae.

Infraorder Culicomorpha

• Dixidae Schiner, 1868
• Corethrellidae Edwards, 1932
• Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Corethridae, Chironomapteridae, Mesotendipedidae, Dixamimidae, Rhaetomyiidae.
• Culicidae Meigen, 1818
• Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 Synonym: Orphnephilidae.
• Simuliidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Melusinidae.
• Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Leptoconopidae, Helidae, Heleidae.
• Chironomidae Newman, 1834 Synonym: Tendipedidae

Infraorder Perissommatomorpha

• Perissommatidae Colless, 1962

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

• Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 Synonyms: Phryneidae, Rhyphidae, Sylvicolidae, Mycetobiidae, Protolbiogastridae.
• Canthyloscelididae Enderlein, 1912 Synonyms: Hyperoscelididae, Synneuridae.
• Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
• Axymyiidae Shannon, 1921
• Hesperinidae Schiner, 1864
• Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 Synonyms: Penthetriidae, Pleciidae.
• Pachyneuridae Schiner, 1864 Synonym: Cramptonomyiidae.
• Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919
• Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
• Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Fungivoridae, Allactoneuridae, Manotidae
• Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863 Synonym: Bolitophilinae.
• Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Ceroplatidae, Zelmiridae, Platyuridae, Zelmicidae, Macroceratidae, Macroceridae, Necromyzidae
• Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925
• Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
• Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 Synonym: Lycoriidae.
• Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1835 Synonyms: Porricondylidae, Itonididae, Heteropezidae, Lestremiidae, Campylomyzidae.

Nematocera families known only as fossils

• Ansorgiidae Krzemiński & Lukashevich, 1993.
• Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938. Synonyms: Antiquamediidae, Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae.
• Architendipedidae
• Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962.
• Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 1990.
• Boholdoyidae Kovalev, 1985.
• Cascopleciidae
• Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983.
• Elliidae Krzemińska, Blagoderov & Krezmiński, 1993.
• Eoditomyiidae Ansorge, 1996.
• Eopleciidae.
• Eopolyneuridae Rohdendorf, 1962.
• Eoptychopteridae.
• Gracilitipulidae.
• Grauvogeliidae Krzemiński, 1999.
• Hennigmatidae Shcherbakov, 1995.
• Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiński, 1995.
• Hyperpolyneuridae. Rohdendorf, 1962
• Limnorhyphidae.
• Luanpingitidae Zhang, 1986.
• Mesophantasmatidae.
• Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf, 1946.
• Musidoromimidae.
• Nadipteridae Lukashevich, 1995.
• Oligophrynidae.
• Oreodomyiidae.
• Palaeophoridae Rohdendorf, 1951. Synonym: Sciadoceridae
• Parapleciidae.
• Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946.
• Pleciodictyidae.
• Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946. Synonym: Fungivoritinae
• Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1983.
• Protendipedidae Rohdendorf, 1951. Synonym: Prototendipedidae.
• Protobibionidae F. M. Carpenter 1992.
• Protopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1946. Synonyms: Dyspolyneuridae, Protoligoneuridae. Palaeoplecidae
• Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906.
• Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946.
• Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994. Synonym: Paratendipedidae.
• Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985.
• Sinotendipedidae.
• Strashilidae. Synonym: Vosilidae.
• Tanyderophrynidae Rohdendorf, 1962. Synonym: Tanyderophryneidae.
• Tethepomyiidae Grimaldi & Arillo, 2009
• Tillyardipteridae Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1999.
• Tipulodictyidae Rohdendorf, 1962.
• Tipulopleciidae Rohdendorf, 1962.
• Valeseguyidae Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006.
• Vladipteridae Shcherbakov, 1995.
• Zhangobiidae. Synonyms: Palaeolimnobiidae.

Brachycera

Orthorrhapha

• Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
• Acroceridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cyrtidae, Oncodidae, Ogcodidae.
• Hilarimorphidae Williston, 1896
• Vermileonidae Williston, 1886 Synonyms: Protobrachyceridae, Protobrachycerontidae.

• Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Phthiriidae, Systropodidae, Usiidae.
• Asilidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Leptogastridae.
• Mydidae Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Mydaidae, Mydasidae
• Apioceridae Bigot, 1857
• Evocoidae Yeates, Irwin & Wiegmann 2006
• Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991
• Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835 Synonym: Omphralidae.
• Therevidae Newman, 1834
• Mythicomyiidae Synonyms: Cyrtosiidae, Mythicomyiinae.

• Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982
• Bolbomyiidae Stuckenberg, 2001
• Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Leptidae, Erinnidae, Paleostratiomyiidae?

• Pantophthalmidae Bigot, 1886 Synonym: Acanthomeridae.
• Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1804
• Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901 Synonyms: Xylomyiidae, Solvidae.

• Athericidae Nowicki, 1873
• Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard, 2005
• Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
• Tabanidae Latreille, 1802

• Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 Synonyms: Heterostomidae, Exeretonevridae, Exerotonevridae, Erinniidae ?, Rachiceridae, Coenomyidae, Coenomyiidae.

• Atelestidae Hennig, 1970
• Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 Synonym: Microphoridae
• Empididae Latreille, 1804 Synonym: Empidae.
• Homalocnemiidae Collin, 1928
• Hybotidae Macquart, 1823
• Oreogetonidae Chvála, 1976
• Ragadidae Sinclair, 2016

• Apystomyiidae Nagatomi & Liu, 1994

Aschiza

• Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966
• Lonchopteridae Macquart, 1823 Synonym: Musidoridae.
• Opetiidae Rondani, 1856
• Phoridae Curtis, 1833 Synonyms: Sciadoceridae, Termitoxeniidae.
• Platypezidae Latreille, 1829 Synonym: Clythiidae.

• Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 Synonyms: Dorylaidae, Dorilaidae.
• Syrphidae Latreille, 1802

Schizophora

• Conopidae Latreille, 1802 Synonym: Stylogastridae.

Acalyptratae

• Australimyzidae Griffiths, 1972
• Braulidae Egger, 1853
• Canacidae Jones, 1906 Synonyms: Canaceidae, Tethinidae.
• Carnidae Newman, 1834
• Chloropidae Rondani, 1856 Synonyms: Siphonellopsidae, Oscinidae.
• Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006
• Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Phyllomyzidae.

• Camillidae Frey, 1921
• Curtonotidae Enderlein, 1914 Synonym: Cyrtonotidae
• Diastatidae Hendel, 1917
• Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856
• Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 Synonyms: Risidae, Risiidae.
• Mormotomyiidae Austen, 1936

• Celyphidae Bigot, 1852
• Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Ochthiphilidae, Ochthiphilidae.
• Cremifaniidae McAlpine, 1963
• Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 Synonym: Sapromyzidae.

• Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander, 1932
• Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856

• Cypselosomatidae Hendel, 1931 Synonyms: Pseudopomyzidae Frey, 1941
• Micropezidae Blanchard, 1840 Synonyms: Calobatidae, Taeniapteridae, Tylidae, Trepidariidae.
• Neriidae Westwood, 1840

• Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928
• Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823 Synonym: Phytomyzidae
• Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903
• Asteiidae Rondani, 1856 Synonym: Astiidae.
• Aulacigastridae Duda, 1924 Synonyms: Aulacigastreridae.
• Clusiidae Handlirsch, 1884 Synonyms: Clusiodidae, Heteroneuridae.
• Fergusoninidae Tonnoir, 1937
• Marginidae McAlpine, 1991
• Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913 Synonym: Megameridae.
• Neminidae McAlpine, 1983
• Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978
• Odiniidae Hendel, 1920
• Opomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonym: Geomyzidae
• Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914 Synonyms: Periscelidae, Stenomicridae.
• Teratomyzidae Hennig, 1969
• Xenasteiidae Hardy, 1980

• Coelopidae Hendel, 1910 Synonyms: Phycodromiidae, Pycodromidae.
• Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862
• Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924
• Huttoninidae Steyskal, 1965
• Helosciomyzidae Steyskal, 1965
• Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991
• Natalimyzidae Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006
• Phaeomyiidae Verbeke, 1950
• Ropalomeridae Schiner, 1868
• Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 Synonyms: Tetanoceridae.
• Sepsidae Walker, 1833 Synonym: Sepsididae.

• Chyromyidae Schiner, 1863 Synonyms: Chiromyiidae, Geomyzidae
• Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840 Synonyms: Helomyzidae, Trixoscelididae, Trichoscelidae, Rhinotoridae, Chiropteraomyzidae.
• Heteromyzidae Fallén, 1820
• Nannodastiidae Papp, 1980
• Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Borboridae, Cypselidae.

• Diopsidae Billberg, 1820 Synonyms: Centrioncidae.
• Gobryidae McAlpine, 1997
• Nothybidae Frey, 1927
• Psilidae Macquart, 1835
• Somatiidae Hendel, 1935
• Strongylophthalmyiidae Hendel, 1917
• Syringogastridae Prado, 1969
• Tanypezidae Rondani, 1856

• Ctenostylidae Bigot, 1882
• Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 Synonym: Eurygnathomyiidae.
• Piophilidae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Neottiophilidae, Thyreophoridae
• Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 Synonym: Platystomidae.
• Pyrgotidae Loew, 1868
• Richardiidae Loew, 1868
• Tephritidae Newman, 1834 Synonyms: Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Trypaneidae, Tachiniscidae.
• Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835 Synonyms: Otitidae, Ortalidae, Pterocallidae.

Calyptratae

• Glossinidae Theobald, 1903
• Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819
• Nycteribiidae Samouelle, 1819
• Streblidae Kolenati, 1863

• Anthomyiidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
• Fanniidae Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911
• Muscidae Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Eginiidae
• Scathophagidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Cordyluridae, Scatomyzidae, Scopeumatidae, Cordiluridae.

• Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Synonyms: Mesembrinellidae, Bengaliidae.
• Mystacinobiidae Holloway, 1976
• Oestridae Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, Gastrophilidae, Hypodermatidae.
• Rhiniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
• Rhinophoridae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Synonym: Melanophoridae.
• Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834
• Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Synonyms: Larvaevoridae, Stackelbergomyiidae.
• Ulurumyiidae Michelsen & Pape, 2017

Brachycera families known only as fossils

• Alinkidae Krzemiński, 1992
• Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 1951
• Chimeromyiidae Grimaldi, Cumming & Arillo, 2009
• Cratomyiidae Mazzarolo & Amorim, 2000
• Eomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1962
• Eostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1951
• Eophlebomyiidae Cockerell, 1925
• Eremochaetidae Ussatchov, 1968
• Galliidae Lukashevich & Mostovski, 2023
• Hoffeinsmyiidae Michelsen, 2009
• Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997
• Orientisargidae Zhang 2012
• Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf, 1938
• Proneottiphilidae Hennig, 1969
• Prosechamyiidae Blagoderov & Grimaldi, 2007
• Protapioceridae Ren, 1998
• Protobrachyceridae Rohdendorf, 1964
• Protempididae Ussatchov, 1968.
• Protomphralidae Rohdendorf, 1957
• Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov, 1968
• Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 1951
• Uranorhagionidae Zhang, Yang & Ren, 2010
• Zhangsolvidae Nagatomi & Yang, 1998

Other information

Identifying the families

• Pjotr Oosterbroek, 2006 The European families of the Diptera : identification, diagnosis, biology Utrecht, KNNV