NOMEN: Diptera Linnaeus 1758: 584 [C. Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1758, T.1: 1-824]

 δις (twice) - πτερον (wing) (Kirby & Spense 1826: vol.14: 369)

ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Linnaeus 1758): Oestrus + Tipula + Musca + Tabanus + Culex + Empis + Conops + Asilus + Bombylius + Hippobosca

JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Halterata Scopoli 1763
= Bialata Schluga 1766

= Halteriptera Clairville 1798

= Dipterae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

= Halteroptera Agassiz 1846
= Antliognatha Spinola 1850

= Dipterida Pearce 1936

TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Musca/f=Oestrus/g (incl. Tipula)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Muscoides, Muscida

MODERN STATUS: the valid, the oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Classification of Diptera: