Lesser dung flies and allies | |
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Limosina silvatica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
Superfamily: | Sphaeroceroidea |
Families | |
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Sphaeroceroidea is a superfamily of flies. It includes the cosmopolitan families of Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies), Heleomyzidae, and Chyromyidae, as well as a few smaller groups.