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Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies of the Order Diptera.
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Classification
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Opetiidae was formerly in Platypezidae.
b>Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies of the Order Diptera. [ Back to top ]
See [1]
Classification
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Opetiidae was formerly in Platypezidae.
References
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- Chandler, P.J., 2000 Flat-Footed Flies: (Diptera Opetiidae and Platypezidae) of E urope Brill Academic Pub ISSN 9004120238
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Taxonomy
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The Family Opetiidae is a member of the Superfamily Platypezoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Opetiidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder: Brachycera
(brak-EYE-sair-uh)
- Infraorder: Muscomorpha
- Superfamily: Platypezoidea
- Family: Opetiidae
- Superfamily: Platypezoidea
- Infraorder: Muscomorpha
- Suborder: Brachycera
(brak-EYE-sair-uh)
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Opetiidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (4): Lithopetia · Opetia · Opetiala · Pseudopetia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in the Family Opetiidae.
Genera
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Lithopetia
Opetia
Opetiala
Pseudopetia
More info about the Genus Pseudopetia may be found here.
References
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- Chandler, P.J., 2000 Flat-Footed Flies: (Diptera Opetiidae and Platypezidae) of Europe Brill Academic Pub ISSN 9004120238
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