| Scatopsoidea | |
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| Minute black scavenger flies on oxeye daisy. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Bibionomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Scatopsoidea |
| Families | |
Scatopsoidea is a superfamily of true flies that comprises the families Canthyloscelidae, Scatopsidae, and Valeseguyidae.[1][2] There are about 400 known species worldwide but more may yet to be discovered, especially in the tropics.[2]
- ^ De Souza Amorim D, Grimaldi DA (2006). "Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: Valeseguyidae, fam.n., with a new genus from Myanmar Cretaceous amber". Systematic Entomology. 31 (3): 508–516. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00326.x. S2CID 73583122.
- ^ a b "Introduction | Scatopsoidea online". scatopsoidea.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2022-08-11.