BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | ACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies) | 2 | ||||
| Family | ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) | 12 | 52 | 84 | 3 | |
| Family | BOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies) | 5 | 19 | 11 | 3 | |
| Family | DOLICHOPODIDAE (thick-headed flies) | 16 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 1 |
| Family | EMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger flies) | 11 | 28 | 78 | 3 | 1 |
| Family | MICROPHORIDAE (a family of flies) | 1 | ||||
| Species | Microphor strobli Chvála, 1986 (a fly) | 1 | ||||
| Family | RHAGIONIDAE (snipe flies, down-looker fly) | 7 | 30 | 76 | 3 | 1 |
| Family | SCENOPINIDAE (window flies) | 1 | 2 | |||
| Family | STRATIOMYIDAE (soldier flies) | 11 | 24 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| Family | TABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs) | 10 | 79 | 170 | 6 | |
| Family | THEREVIDAE (stiletto flies) | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2 | |
| Family | XYLOMYIIDAE | 2 | ||||
| Family | XYLOPHAGIDAE | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M., 2001 | British Soldierflies and their Allies |
| Stubbs, A.E., in prep. | Brachycera keys (in prep) |
BRACHYCERA may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
BRACHYCERA is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Brachycera listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
Associated with BRACHYCERA:
Brachycera may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
