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Muscomorpha
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<h2 id="classification">Classification</h2> <p>The name <a href="/facts/Cyclorrhapha/CL7JhLQ5">Cyclorrhapha</a> is used, in various modern classifications, to represent either a subgroup within the infraorder Muscomorpha, or simply a rankless group within the Brachycera. In either case, the <a href="/facts/Empidoidea/l4vpb5u6">Empidoidea</a> are the <a href="/facts/Sister_taxon/pNNuVex4">sister taxon</a> to the Cyclorrhapha. In the present classification, as the term Muscomorpha is used to refer to the sister taxon of the Empidoidea, the names "Muscomorpha" and "Cyclorrhapha" are effectively synonymous (though not entirely interchangeable: for nomenclatural purposes, it is always considered better if the endings of names of similar rank are consistent, and since all the other infraordinal names end in "-morpha", the use of "Cyclorrhapha" as an infraordinal name would be inconsistent). </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/Tree_of_Life_Web_Project/TNG3JqL6">Tree of Life Web Project</a>, the name "Muscomorpha" refers to the <a href="/facts/Asilomorpha/3g0Gqzvq">Asilomorpha</a> plus the Cyclorrhapha. </p> <ul><li>Section <a href="/facts/Aschiza/ej9h8tFr">Aschiza</a> <ul><li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Platypezoidea/IJxNVJNm">Platypezoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Syrphoidea/9hsNPwox">Syrphoidea</a></li></ul></li> <li>Section <a href="/facts/Schizophora/RKwXkLwN">Schizophora</a> <ul><li>Subsection <a href="/facts/Acalyptratae/C5zToEJK">Acalyptratae</a> <ul><li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Conopoidea/yvPWqE0P">Conopoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Tephritoidea/ngBu1xEN">Tephritoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Nerioidea/NcICduX1">Nerioidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Diopsoidea/nSDdwf2J">Diopsoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Sciomyzoidea/o8PxfIMy">Sciomyzoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Sphaeroceroidea/Bva8MSqV">Sphaeroceroidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Lauxanioidea/flLGu4gD">Lauxanioidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Opomyzoidea/RltCxK6P">Opomyzoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Ephydroidea/mK0IfmNj">Ephydroidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Carnoidea/ywxGPLqP">Carnoidea</a></li></ul></li> <li>Subsection <a href="/facts/Calyptratae/TITpRA3o">Calyptratae</a> <ul><li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Muscoidea/BASRUA6q">Muscoidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Oestroidea/fm6E5g8r">Oestroidea</a></li> <li>Superfamily <a href="/facts/Hippoboscoidea/nSWFdSvn">Hippoboscoidea</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.tolweb.org/Brachycera/10500">The Tree of Life Web Project: Brachycera</a></li></ul>