NOMEN: Cyclorapha Brauer 1863: 33 [F. Brauer. Monographie der Oestriden. Wien , 1863: 1-192, 10 tab.]
ORIGINAL SPELLING (Brauer 1863): Diptera cyclorapha
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Brauer
1863):
Pipunculiden +
Syrphyden +
Conopiden
+ Oestriden
+ Musciden
+ Pupipara (= Pupiparen) 
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Cyclorhapha Schiner 1864
= Cyclorrhapha Sharp 1894
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Musca/f=Oestrus/g (sine Tabanus, Empis; incl. Syrphus)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Muscomorpha
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic
position of Cyclorapha:
| Diptera plesiomorphon Nemocera Brachocera plesiomorphon Mesodiptera Cyclorapha |