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The acalyptrate Diptera comprise the superfamilies of the Schizophora (higher Diptera) other than the Muscoidea (calyptrate and pupiparous flies). Differing views have been expressed as to whether the acalyptrates form a natural (monophyletic) group or not, with perhaps a balance of opinion in the negative (see Hennig 1958, 1971; Griffiths 1972 for varying views). I therefore consider the acalyptrates to be only a loose, convenient collection of superfamilies.
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Mcalpine, D.K. (1982). The acalyptrate Diptera with special reference to the Platystomatidae. In: Gressitt, J.L. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8632-9_32
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