Family Sphaeroceridae Macquart 1835 (lesser dung fly)
PaleoDB taxon number: 222052
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Anthomyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Ephydroidea, Heleomyzidae, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Milichiidae, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae
Subtaxa: Copromyza, Limosininae, Sphaerocerinae
Type: Sphaerocera
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