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.

Calyptratae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Clade:	Eremoneura
(unranked):	Cyclorrhapha
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamilies
Muscoidea  Oestroidea  Hippoboscoidea

About 18,000 described species are in this group, or about 12% of all the flies yet described.^[1]

Subsection

• Superfamily Muscoidea

  Anthomyiidae - cabbage flies

  Fanniidae

  Muscidae - house flies

  Scathophagidae - dung flies

• Superfamily Oestroidea

  Calliphoridae

  Mystacinobiidae

  Oestridae

  Rhinophoridae

  Sarcophagidae

  Tachinidae

  Ulurumyiidae^[2]

• Superfamily Hippoboscoidea

  Glossinidae

  Hippoboscidae

  Nycteribiidae

  Streblidae

The Mormotomyiidae belong to the Ephydroidea and not to Hippoboscoidea as previously construed.^[3] The Streblidae are probably not monophyletic.^[4]