Superfamily Platypezoidea Fallen 1815 (fly)
Parent taxon: Cyclorrhapha according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Lonchopteroidea, Phoroidea, Pipunculidae, Schizophora, Syrphidae, Syrphoidea
Subtaxa: Ironomyiidae Lithopetia Opetiala Opetiidae Phoridae Platypezidae
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