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'''Cyclorrhapha''' is an unranked taxon within the [[infraorder (biology)|infraorder]] [[Muscomorpha]]. They are called ''Cyclorrhapha'' ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular aperture through which the adult escapes the puparium. This is a [[circumscriptional name]] that has significant historical familiarity, but in the present classification, this name is synonymous with the more recent "[[Muscomorpha]]"; details and reasoning are presented [[Talk:Brachycera|here]].
'''Cyclorrhapha''' is an unranked taxon within the [[infraorder (biology)|infraorder]] [[Muscomorpha]]. They are called "Cyclorrhapha" ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular aperture through which the adult escapes the puparium. This is a [[circumscriptional name]] that has significant historical familiarity, but in the present classification, this name is synonymous with the more recent "[[Muscomorpha]]"; details and reasoning are presented [[Talk:Brachycera|here]].


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Cyclorrhapha

Cyclorrhapha is an unranked taxon within the infraorder Muscomorpha. They are called "Cyclorrhapha" ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular aperture through which the adult escapes the puparium. This is a circumscriptional name that has significant historical familiarity, but in the present classification, this name is synonymous with the more recent "Muscomorpha"; details and reasoning are presented here.