TABANOIDEA
(horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Family 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 9 subtaxa 184 images 7 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 14 subtaxa 437 images 7 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier 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)

TABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
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