Asilomorpha

Taxobox
name = Asilomorpha


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Lepidophora" sp. (Bombyliidae) on "Bidens laevis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Asilomorpha
subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
subdivision =
*Asiloidea
*Empidoidea
*Nemestrinoidea

The Brachyceran infraorder Asilomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the non-muscoid Brachycera.

The larvae of asilomorphs are extremely diverse in habits, as well.

Classification

In most modern classifications, the infraorder Asilomorpha is not recognized, as it is paraphyletic; the Empidoidea are the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (used here in the same sense as the traditional Cyclorrhapha, not following the Tree of Life Web Project system in this one instance). However, these modern classifications are non-Linnaean, and - while relatively easy to visualize on a phylogenetic tree diagram - do not lend themselves to any classification that uses Linnaean ranks ("see" "for details"). There are also some classifications that place the Nemestrinoidea within the Tabanomorpha, though this is not widely accepted.

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Brachycera/10500 The Tree of Life Web Project: Brachycera]