Brachycera

           ============================== Xylophagidae 
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     |     ============================== Pantophthalmidae 
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     |     ============================== Xylomyidae 
     |=====|
     |     ============================== Stratiomyidae 
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     |=================================== Vermileonidae 
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     |                 ================== Rhagionidae 
     |                 |
     |                 |  =============== Pelecorhynchidae 
     |===Tabanomorpha==|  |
     |                 ===|  ============ Athericidae 
     |                    ===|
     |                       ============ Tabanidae 
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     |        =========================== Acroceridae 
<<===|     ===|
     |     |  =========================== Nemestrinidae 
     |     |
     |     |                    ========= Asilidae 
     |     |                    |
     |     |                    |     === Scenopinidae 
     |     |                    |=====|
     |     |                 ===|     === Therevidae 
     |     |  ====Asiloidea==|  |
     ======|  |              |  |     === Mydidae 
           |  |              |  ======|
           ===|              |        === Apioceridae 
              |              |
              |              ============ Bombyliidae 
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              |     ===================== Dolichopodidae 
              |=====|
              |     ===================== Empididae 
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              =========================== Cyclorrhapha 

Containing clade: Diptera

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References

References

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          relationship between the Schizophora and the Syrphoidea 
          (Aschiza) in the phylogenetic systematics of the Cyclorrhapha 
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