Belongs within: Calyptratae.
Contains: Oestridae, Miltogramminae, Paramacronychiinae, Sarcophaginae, Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae, Bengalia, Auchmeromyiini, Tachinidae, Pollenia, Sepimentum.
The Oestroidea are a group of calyptrate flies united by features including a row of bristles on the meron and wings with vein M1 distinctly bent forward distally. Members of the clade mostly feed as larvae on decaying organic matter or develop as parasitoids of invertebrates; a smaller number are parasites of vertebrates. Females of many species have an enlarged vagina in which eggs may be retained close to or until after hatching into larvae. Classification within the Oestroidea is currently problematic with some historically recognised families (particularly the blow flies, Calliphoridae) being of questionable monophyly.
McAlpine’s fly Ulurumyia macalpinei was described recently as its only family; it is a small Australian fly with a superficially muscid-like habitus (Michelsen & Pape 2017).
Synapomorphies (Kutty et al. 2010): Meron bearing vertical row of bristles; anatergite bearing patch of setulae ventral to proximal rim of lower calypter; distal part of wing vein M deflected forwards to join C before wing apex; phallus bearing cuticular denticles on ventral surface of distal section.
<==Oestroidea [Calliphoroidea, Tachinoidea]
|--+--Ulurumyia Michelsen & Pape 2017MP17 [UlurumyiidaeSC19]
| | `--*U. macalpinei Michelsen & Pape 2017MP17
| `--MesembrinellaSC19 (see below for synonymy)
| |--M. abacaVW10
| |--M. bicolorVW10
| `--M. quadrilineata Fabricius 1805KP10
`--+--+--OestridaeSC19
| `--+--Mystacinobia Holloway 1976PG-M04 [MystacinobiidaeKP10]
| | `--*M. zelandica Holloway 1976PG-M04
| `--Sarcophagidae [Sarcophagoidea]KP10
| | i. s.: AthyrsiaL59
| | *Mulsantia campestrisL59
| | Sphecapata conicaBM76
| | AmobiopsisBM76
| |--MiltogramminaeSC19
| `--+--ParamacronychiinaeKP10
| `--SarcophaginaeSC19
`--+--CalliphoridaeSC19
`--+--+--RhiniidaeSC19
| `--Bengaliinae (see below for synonymy)R11
| |--BengaliiniR11
| | |--BengaliaSC19
| | `--+--Coganomyia Dear 1977R11, PG-M04
| | | `--*C. ornata Dear 1977PG-M04
| | `--Tricycleala Villeneuve 1937R11, PG-M04
| | `--*T. maculipennis Villeneuve 1937 PG-M04
| `--AuchmeromyiiniR11
`--+--TachinidaeSC19
`--Polleniinae [Polleniini]SC19
|--PolleniaKP10
|--SepimentumPG-M04
|--Nepenthomyia Kurahashi & Beaver 1979PG-M04
| `--*N. malayana Kurahashi & Beaver 1979PG-M04
|--Nesodexia Villeneuve 1911PG-M04
| `--*N. corsicana Villeneuve 1911PG-M04
|--Anthracomyza Malloch 1927 [=Anthracomyia Malloch 1927 non Rondani 1856]PG-M04
| `--*A. atratula (Malloch 1927) [=*Anthracomyia atratula]PG-M04
|--Melanodexia Williston 1893 [incl. Melanodexiopsis Hall 1948]PG-M04
| |--*M. tristis Williston 1893PG-M04
| |--M. grandisS87
| `--‘*Melanodexiopsis’ tristina Hall 1948PG-M04
|--Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 (see below for synonymy)PG-M04
| |--M. doroniciR11 (see below for synonymy)
| |--M. nanaF92
| |--M. piliforaeaPG-M04
| `--M. slenfiniPG-M04
|--Xanthotryxus Aldrich 1930R11
| |--*X. mongol Aldrich 1930PG-M04
| |--X. baziniPG-M04
| |--X. draco Aldrich 1930F92
| |--X. melanurus Fan 1992F92
| `--X. uniapicalis Fan 1992F92
`--Dexopollenia Townsend 1917 [incl. Lispoparea Aldrich 1930]PG-M04
|--*D. testacea Townsend 1917PG-M04
|--D. chrysothrix Bezzi 1927M27
|--D. flava (Aldrich 1930)F92 [=*Lispoparea flavaPG-M04]
|--D. geniculata Malloch 1935F92
|--D. maculata Villeneuve 1933F92
|--D. nigriscens Fan 1992F92
`--D. uniseta Fan 1992F92
Bengaliinae [Afridigaliinae, Coganomyinae, Eucalliphorinae, Gangelomyinae, Maraviolinae, Xantochocalliphorinae]R11
MesembrinellaSC19 [incl. EumesembrinellaVW10, HuascaromuscaVW10; MesembrinellidaeSC19, Mesembrinellinae, Eumesembrinellini, Mesembrinellini]
Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [incl. Anthracomyia Rondani 1856, Calobatemyia Macquart 1835, Disticheria Enderlein 1934]PG-M04
Morinia doroniciR11 [=Musca melanopteraPG-M04, Anthracomyia melanopteraW87, *Disticheria melanopteraPG-M04; incl. *Anthracomyia genei Rondani 1862PG-M04, A. genejiPG-M04, Musca melanoptera Fallén 1817PG-M04, Anthracomyia melanopteraW87, *Disticheria melanopteraPG-M04, Morinia melanopteraW87, *Calobatemyia nigra Macquart 1835PG-M04, *Mo. velox Robineau-Desvoidy 1830PG-M04]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BM76] Bohart, R. M., & A. S. Menke. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World. University of California Press: Berkeley.
[F92] Fan Z. 1992. Key to the Common Flies of China 2nd ed. Science Press: Beijing.
[KP10] Kutty, S. N., T. Pape, B. M. Wiegmann & R. Meier. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine’s fly. Systematic Entomology 35: 614–635.
[L59] Lopes, H. de S. 1959. A revision of Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera). Studia Ent. 2 (1-4): 33–67.
[M27] Malloch, J. R. 1927. Notes on Australian Diptera. No. xi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 299–335.
[MP17] Michelsen, V., & T. Pape. 2017. Ulurumyiidae—a new family of calyptrate flies (Diptera). Systematic Entomology 42: 826–836.
[PG-M04] Peris, S. V., & D. González-Mora. 2004. Clave de identificación para los géneros de Calliphoridae del mundo. Subfamilias con vena remigium desnuda y creación de una nueva subfamilia. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. (Sec. Biol.) 99 (1–4): 115–144.
[R11] Rognes, K. 2011. A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical region (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2964: 1–60.
[S87] Shewell, G. E. 1987. Calliphoridae. In: McAlpine, J. F. (ed.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 2 pp. 1133–1145. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.
[SC19] Stireman, J. O., III, P. Cerretti, J. E. O’Hara, J. D. Blaschke & J. K. Moulton. 2019. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of world Tachinidae (Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106358.
[VW10] Vargas, J., & D. M. Wood. 2010. Calliphoridae (blow flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 1297–1304. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.
[W87] Wood, D. M. 1987. Rhinophoridae. In: McAlpine, J. F. (ed.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 2 pp. 1187–1191. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.