ASILOIDEA
(robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ASILIDAE
robber flies, assassin flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 14 subtaxa 260 images 8 ident. refs
BOMBYLIIDAE
bee flies
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 30 images 5 ident. refs
SCENOPINIDAE
window flies
Family 2 ident. refs
THEREVIDAE
stiletto flies
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 18 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2014 British Soldierflies and their Allies (2nd ed) 2nd (mostly minor updates) edition, 528pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2001 British Soldierflies and their Allies 511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
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