Larger brachycera

The larger brachycera is a name which refers to flies in the following families of the suborder Brachycera:[1]

  • Acroceridae – hunch-back flies
  • Asilidae – robber flies
  • Athericidae – water snipe flies
  • Bombyliidae – bee flies
  • Rhagionidae – snipe flies
  • Scenopinidae – window flies
  • Stratiomyidae – soldier flies
  • Tabanidae – horse flies
  • Therevidae – stiletto flies
  • Xylomyidae – wood soldier flies
  • Xylophagidae – awl-flies

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
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