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{{Short description|Superfamily of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Leaf-miner flies, etc.
| image = Opomyza florum 2007.09.21 15.28.37-p9210010.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Biology:Opomyza florum|Opomyza florum]]''
| taxon = Opomyzoidea
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 
*[[Biology:Agromyzidae|Agromyzidae]] -leaf miner flies
*[[Biology:Anthomyzidae|Anthomyzidae]]
*[[Biology:Asteiidae|Asteiidae]]
*[[Biology:Aulacigastridae|Aulacigastridae]] - sap flies
*[[Biology:Clusiidae|Clusiidae]] - lekking flies
*[[Biology:Fergusoninidae|Fergusoninidae]]
*[[Biology:Marginidae|Marginidae]]
*[[Biology:Neminidae|Neminidae]]
*[[Biology:Neurochaetidae|Neurochaetidae]]- upside-down flies
*[[Biology:Odiniidae|Odiniidae]]
*[[Biology:Opomyzidae|Opomyzidae]]
*[[Biology:Periscelididae|Periscelididae]]
*[[Biology:Teratomyzidae|Teratomyzidae]]
*[[Biology:Xenasteiidae|Xenasteiidae]]
}}

The '''Opomyzoidea''' are a [[Biology:Taxonomic rank|superfamily]] of [[Biology:Fly|flies]].

== Biology ==
Opomyzoids show a range of lifestyles including mining plant leaves (many [[Biology:Agromyzidae|Agromyzidae]]), feeding in grass stems ([[Biology:Anthomyzidae|Anthomyzidae]] and [[Biology:Opomyzidae|Opomyzidae]]), forming plant galls (''[[Biology:Fergusonina|Fergusonina]]''), feeding on fungi (some Anthomyzidae and [[Biology:Asteiidae|Asteiidae]]), feeding on sap flows of trees (some [[Biology:Aulacigastridae|Aulacigastridae]], [[Biology:Odiniidae|Odiniidae]] and [[Biology:Periscelididae|Periscelididae]]), living in galleries of wood-boring insects (Odiniidae) or in water-filled cavities of plants ([[Earth:Phytotelma|phytotelmata]]; Aulacigastridae, [[Biology:Neurochaetidae|Neurochaetidae]] and Periscelididae). However, the biology of most opomyzoid families is poorly known.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Winkler |first1=Isaac S. |last2=Rung |first2=Alessandra |last3=Scheffer |first3=Sonja J. |date=2010-03-01 |title=Hennig's orphans revisited: Testing morphological hypotheses in the "Opomyzoidea" (Diptera: Schizophora) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790309005223 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=746–762 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.016 |pmid=20040375 |issn=1055-7903}}</ref>

== Phylogeny ==
The phylogeny of Opomyzoidea is controversial, with different authors assigning different families and different relationships among families. One study using molecular analysis concluded that the superfamily is not [[Biology:Monophyly|monophyletic]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://tolweb.org/Opomyzoidea Tree of Life page on Opomyzoidea]

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[[Category:Opomyzoidea| ]]
[[Category:Diptera superfamilies]]



{{Sourceattribution|Opomyzoidea}}