Tabanomorpha
(horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Superfamily 24 subtaxa 621 images 16 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Papp, L. & Darvas, B. 1997 Palaearctic Diptera Vol 2: Nematocera and Lower Brachycera Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Vol 2, 592pp, Science Herald, Budapest
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

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

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