Cyclorrhapha
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Cyclorrhapha
| image = Syrphid.jpg
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| subordo = Brachycera
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
| subdivision =
Section Aschiza
Superfamily Platypezoidea
Superfamily Syrphoidea
Section Schizophora
Sub-section Acalyptratae
Superfamily Conopoidea
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Superfamily Nerioidea
Superfamily Diopsoidea
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Superfamily Opomyzoidea
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Superfamily Carnoidea
Sub-section Calyptratae
Superfamily Muscoidea
Superfamily Oestroidea
Superfamily Hippoboscoidea
}}
Cyclorrhapha is an infraorder of Brachycera that includes a number of highly evolved flies, such as the housefly, the fruit fly and the blowfly. The antennae are short, usually 3 segments, and arista dorsal. Their bodies are typically setose. They are called Cyclorrhapha ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular aperture through which the adult escapes the puparium.