Eudiptera is a suborder of Diptera under an alternative subordinal classification based largely on fossil taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists and is presented here for comparative purposes only. The suborder is the sister group of Archidiptera (another group also largely based on fossil taxa).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Eudiptera |
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Deuterophlebiomorpha
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All of the taxa included in Eudiptera are also members of the Nematocera, and the latter is the preferred grouping; both are paraphyletic.[1]
References
edit- ^ Ide FP. A Fly of the Archaic Family Nymphomyiidae (Diptera) from North America. The Canadian Entomologist. 1965;97(5):496-507. doi:10.4039/Ent97496-5
