Editing Muscoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Anthomyia pluvialis01.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Anthomyia pluvialis]]''
| display_parents = 4
| taxon = Muscoidea
| authority =
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = *[[Anthomyiidae]] — cabbage flies
*[[Fanniidae]] — little house flies
*[[Muscidae]] — house flies
*[[Scathophagidae]] — dung flies
}}
'''Muscoidea''' is a [[superfamily (zoology)|superfamily]] of flies in the subsection [[Calyptratae]]. Muscoidea, with approximately 7000 described species, is nearly 5% of the known species level diversity of the [[Fly|Diptera]], the true flies. Most muscoid flies are [[Saprophagy|saprophagous]], [[Coprophagia|coprophagous]] or [[Scavenger|necrophagous]] as larvae, but some species are parasitic, predatory, or [[Herbivore|phytophagous]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ding|first1=Shuangmei|last2=Li|first2=Xuankun|last3=Wang|first3=Ning|last4=Cameron|first4=Stephen L.|last5=Mao|first5=Meng|last6=Wang|first6=Yuyu|last7=Xi|first7=Yuqiang|last8=Yang|first8=Ding|date=2015-07-30|title=The Phylogeny and Evolutionary Timescale of Muscoidea (Diptera: Brachycera: Calyptratae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Genomes|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=10|issue=7|pages=e0134170|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0134170|issn=1932-6203|pmc=4520480|pmid=26225760|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1034170D|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In September 2008, a study was done on the superfamily using both nucleic and mitochondrial [[DNA]] and the conclusion suggested that Muscoidea may actually be [[paraphyletic]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kutty |first1=Sujatha Narayanan |last2=Pape |first2=Thomas |last3=Pont |first3=Adrian |last4=Wiegmann |first4=Brian |last5=Meier |first5=Rudolf |title=The Muscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) are paraphyletic: Evidence from four mitochondrial and four nuclear genes |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |date=September 2008 |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=639–652 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.012 |pmid=18793735 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23257912 |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:Diptera superfamilies]]


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