The Brachyceran infraorder Muscomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the Brachycera and most of the known flies. It includes...
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Cyclorrhapha (category Muscomorpha)
Cyclorrhapha is an unranked taxon within the infraorder Muscomorpha. They are called "Cyclorrhapha" ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular...
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in the cladogram: Cal=Calyptratae Cyc=Cyclorrhapha Ere=Eremoneura Mus=Muscomorpha Sch=Schizophora Flies are often abundant and are found in almost all...
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larval "shell" is called a puparium (plural, puparia). Flies of the group Muscomorpha have puparia, as do members of the order Strepsiptera, and the Hemipteran...
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Orthorrhapha now comprise all of the infraorders in Brachycera excluding the Muscomorpha (= "Cyclorrhapha"). The recent revision of the taxonomy of the order...
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smaller taxa are in this group. They are similar to most of the familiar Muscomorpha with one notable exception; they do not possess a ptilinum, so lack the...
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modified into stylets for piercing, similar to the true bugs. Flies of the Muscomorpha, including the house fly, Musca domestica, stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans...
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Tabanomorpha (horse flies, etc.) Muscomorpha...
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