Checklist for ASTEIOIDEA
Kingdom ANIMALIA
Animals
Phylum ARTHROPODA
Arthropods
Subphylum UNIRAMIA
Insects, Myriapods
Class INSECTA
Insects
Order DIPTERA
Flies
Division CYCLORRHAPHA
Superfamily SCIOMYZOIDEA
Superfamily LONCHOPTEROIDEA
Superfamily PHOROIDEA
Superfamily SYRPHOIDEA
Superfamily CONOPOIDEA
Superfamily HETEROMYZOIDEA
Superfamily NERIOIDEA
Superfamily DIPSOIDEA
Superfamily OPOMYZOIDEA
Superfamily ASTEIOIDEA
Family ASTEIIDAE
Asteiid Flies
Family CANACIDAE
Beach Flies, Surf Flies, Surge Flies
Family CHLOROPIDAE
Eye Gnats, Frit Flies, Grass Flies
Family MILICHIIDAE
Freeloader Flies, Milichiid Flies
Family NEMINIDAE
Nobody Flies (Nemo = Latin for 'nobody'; alluding to minute size of the insects)
Family NEUROCHAETIDAE
Upside-Down Flies
Family PERISCELIDIDAE
Periscelidid Flies
Family TERATOMYZIDAE
Fern Flies
Superfamily TEPHRITOIDEA
Superfamily EPHYDROIDEA
Superfamily MUSCOIDEA
Superfamily HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
Superfamily OESTROIDEA
Unplaced Unplaced to Higher Taxon
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