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Infraorder of insects

Psychodomorpha

Clogmia albipunctata family Psychodidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Psychodomorpha Hennig, 1968
Families
Blephariceridae Psychodidae Tanyderidae Scatopsoidea Canthyloscelidae Scatopsidae Valeseguyidae

The nematoceran infraorder Psychodomorpha (sometimes misspelled as Psychomorpha, which is the name of a genus of noctuid moths) includes three families, Psychodidae, Blephariceridae, and Tanyderidae, as well as the superfamily Scatopsoidea, which contains the families Canthyloscelidae, Scatopsidae and Valeseguyidae.

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Tree of Life Psychodomorpha

Extant Diptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Nematocera

Axymyiomorpha	Axymyiidae

Culicomorpha

Culicoidea	Dixidae (meniscus midges) Corethrellidae (frog-biting midges) Chaoboridae (phantom midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Chironomoidea	Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting midges)

Blephariceromorpha	Blephariceridae (net-winged midges) Deuterophlebiidae (mountain midges) Nymphomyiidae

Bibionomorpha

Bibionoidea	Bibionidae (march flies, lovebugs)
Anisopodoidea	Anisopodidae (wood gnats)
Sciaroidea (fungus gnats)	Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory fungus gnats) Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats) Mycetophilidae Rangomaramidae (long-winged fungus gnats) Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats)

Perissommatomorpha	Perissommatidae

Psychodomorpha

Scatopsoidea	Canthyloscelidae Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies, or dung midges) Valeseguyidae
Psychodoidea	Psychodidae (moth flies)

Ptychopteromorpha	Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies) Tanyderidae (primitive crane flies)

Tipulomorpha

Trichoceroidea	Trichoceridae (winter crane flies)
Tipuloidea (crane flies)	Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies) Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies) Tipulidae (large crane flies)

Suborder Brachycera

Asilomorpha

Asiloidea	Apioceridae (flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas flies) Mythicomyiidae Scenopinidae (window flies) Therevidae (stiletto flies)
Empidoidea	Atelestidae Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) Empididae (dagger flies, balloon flies) Homalocnemiidae Hybotidae (dance flies) Oreogetonidae Ragadidae
Nemestrinoidea	Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined flies)

Muscomorpha

Aschiza

Platypezoidea	Ironomyiidae (ironic flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed flies)
Syrphoidea	Pipunculidae (big-headed flies) Syrphidae (hoverflies)

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Conopoidea	Conopidae (thick-headed flies)
Tephritoidea	Pallopteridae (flutter flies) Piophilidae (cheese flies) Platystomatidae (signal flies) Pyrgotidae Richardiidae Tephritidae (peacock flies) Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies)
Nerioidea	Cypselosomatidae Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) Neriidae (cactus flies, banana stalk flies)
Diopsoidea	Diopsidae (stalk-eyed flies) Gobryidae Megamerinidae Nothybidae Psilidae (rust flies) Somatiidae Strongylophthalmyiidae Syringogastridae Tanypezidae
Sciomyzoidea	Coelopidae (kelp flies) Dryomyzidae Helcomyzidae Helosciomyzidae Heterocheilidae Huttoninidae Natalimyzidae Phaeomyiidae Ropalomeridae Sciomyzidae (marsh flies) Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)
Sphaeroceroidea	Chyromyidae Heleomyzidae Nannodastiidae Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)
Lauxanioidea	Celyphidae (beetle-backed flies) Chamaemyiidae (aphid flies) Cremifaniidae Lauxaniidae
Opomyzoidea	Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies) Anthomyzidae Asteiidae Aulacigastridae (sap flies) Clusiidae (lekking, or druid flies) Fergusoninidae Marginidae Neminidae Neurochaetidae (upside-down flies) Odiniidae Opomyzidae Periscelididae Teratomyzidae Xenasteiidae
Ephydroidea	Camillidae Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies) Diastatidae (bog flies) Drosophilidae (vinegar and fruit flies) Ephydridae (shore flies) Mormotomyiidae (frightful hairy fly)
Carnoidea	Acartophthalmidae Australimyzidae Braulidae (bee lice) Canacidae (beach flies) Carnidae Chloropidae (frit flies) Inbiomyiidae Milichiidae (freeloader flies)
Lonchaeoidea	Cryptochetidae Lonchaeidae (lance flies)

Calyptratae

Muscoidea	Anthomyiidae (cabbage flies) Fanniidae (little house flies) Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) Scathophagidae (dung flies)
Oestroidea	Calliphoridae (blow-flies: bluebottles, greenbottles) Mesembrinellidae Mystacinobiidae (New Zealand batfly) Oestridae (botflies) Rhiniidae Rhinophoridae Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) Tachinidae (tachina flies) Ulurumyiidae
Hippoboscoidea	Glossinidae (tsetse flies) Hippoboscidae (louse flies) Nycteribiidae (bat flies) Streblidae (bat flies)

Stratiomyomorpha

Stratiomyoidea	Pantophthalmidae (timber flies) Stratiomyidae (soldier flies) Xylomyidae (wood soldier flies)

Tabanomorpha

Rhagionoidea	Austroleptidae Bolbomyiidae Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
Tabanoidea	Athericidae (water snipe flies) Oreoleptidae Pelecorhynchidae Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

Vermileonomorpha

Vermileonoidea	Vermileonidae

Xylophagomorpha

Xylophagoidea	Xylophagidae (awl flies)

List of families of Diptera

Taxon identifiers
Psychodomorpha	Wikidata: Q2735029 Wikispecies: Psychodomorpha AFD: Psychodomorpha BioLib: 17371 BugGuide: 97797 Fauna Europaea: 11673 Fauna Europaea (new): 7dab59bd-b711-480b-98b6-2371cf8fd2f9 iNaturalist: 774833 ITIS: 125350 NBN: NBNSYS0100019023 NCBI: 43787 NZOR: 92f37898-5c80-4603-bb3f-5076dfbef888 Paleobiology Database: 140715 WoRMS: 712119

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