Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Diptera

Subsequent entries

Oestrus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Oestroidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815

Ref: P.L.Th. Beuk, 2002: 19.

Alternative positions

Calyptrata (Family group)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Calyptratae ([unranked])	Ref: F.C. Thompson, [1996]-2008: 20 Jul 2006.
Muscoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 597.
Schizophora (Tribe) Becher, 1882	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 602.

Historical positions

Calyptratae ([unranked])	Ref: F.C. Thompson, [1996]-2008: 20 Jul 2006.
Oestroidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815	Ref: P.L.Th. Beuk, 2002: 19.
Muscoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 597.
Schizophora (Tribe) Becher, 1882	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 602.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;15s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3sf20g65s
1982	D.J. Bickel: 597	3sf20g65s