The Paraleucopidae are a

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Acalyptratae The Acalyptratae or Acalyptrata are a subsection of the Schizophora, which are a section of the order Diptera, the "true flies". In various contexts the Acalyptratae also are referred to informally as the acalyptrate muscoids, or acalyptrates, a ...

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

first elevated to family level in 2019. Their placement within the acalyptrataes is uncertain. Based on morphological evidence, they have been proposed to belong to the suprafamily Asteioinea within

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Opomyzoidea The Opomyzoidea are a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of fly, flies. Biology Opomyzoids show a range of lifestyles including mining plant leaves (many Agromyzidae), feeding in grass stems (Anthomyzidae and Opomyzidae), forming plant Gall, galls (' ...

. However,

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data suggest they may instead belong to the superfamily

Sphaeroceroidea Sphaeroceroidea is a superfamily of flies. It includes the cosmopolitan families of Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies), Heleomyzidae, and Chyromyidae, as well as a few smaller groups. It has about 2,600 species. Description Sphaeroceroids ten ...

. The

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includes the genera '' Paraleucopis'', '' Mallochianamyia'' and '' Schizostomyia'' from the New World and undescribed species from Australia.

Genera

*'' Mallochianamyia'' Santos-Neto, 1996 *'' Paraleucopis'' Malloch, 1913 *'' Schizostomyia'' Malloch, 1934

References

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