| Carnidae | |
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| Carnus hemapterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Carnoidea |
| Family: | Carnidae Newman, 1834[1] |
| Synonyms | |
Carnidae, also known as bird flies or filth flies, is a family of flies (Diptera). There are 6 genera, containing about 93 species worldwide.[4]
- ^ Newman, E. (1834). "Attempted division of British insects into natural orders". The Entomological Magazine. 2: 379–431. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Frey, R. (1921). "Studien über der Bau des Mundes der niederen Diptera Schizophora nebst Bemerkungen über die Systematik dieser Dipteren-Gruppe". Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 48 (3). Helsinki: 1–247. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Cogan, B.H. (1976). Other families [of Schizophora-Acalyptratae, not Agromyzidae, Chloropidae, Sciomyzidae, Sepsidae, or Sphaeroceridae.] Pp. 69-76, 80-87 & 94. In Kloet, G. S. & Hincks,W. D., A checklist of British insects (ed. 2) Part 5: Diptera & Siphonaptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 11. Royal Entomological Society. pp. ix + 139.
- ^ Brake, I. (2011). "World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora)" (PDF). Myia. 12: 113–169.