Larger Brachycera
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The Larger Brachycera is a name which refers to flies in the following families of the suborder Brachycera
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Brachycera
Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families. The most distinguishing characteristic of the suborder is reduced antenna segmentation...
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- AcroceridaeAcroceridaeAcroceridae is a small family of odd looking flies most closely related to Nemestrinidae. There are about 520 species in 50 genera. They are characterized by a humpbacked appearance and a small head, sometimes with a long proboscis for nectar. As such, acrocerids are commonly known as small-headed...
, the hunchback-flies - AsilidaeAsilidaeInsects in the Diptera family Asilidae are commonly called robber flies. The family Asilidae contains about 7,100 described species worldwide....
, the robberflies - AthericidaeAthericidaeAthericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe-flies; they used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar but some species feed on mammal blood.- External Links :*...
, the water-snipeflies - BombyliidaeBombyliidaeBombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...
, the bee-flies - RhagionidaeRhagionidaeRhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies containing 21 genera.-Description:Rhagionidae are medium-sized or large flies with slender bodies and stilt-like legs. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and many species are haematophagous as adults, while others are predatory on other...
, the snipeflies - ScenopinidaeScenopinidaeScenopinidae or window flies are a small family of flies , distributed worldwide. In buildings they are often taken at windows, hence the common name window flies....
, the windowflies - StratiomyidaeStratiomyidaeThe soldier flies , are a family of flies . The family contains about 1,500 species in about 400 genera worldwide. Adults are found near larval habitats...
, the soldierflies - Tabanidae, the horseflies
- TherevidaeTherevidaeTherevidae are a family of Diptera Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semi-arid regions with sandy soils...
, the stiletto-flies - XylomyidaeXylomyidaeXylomyidae or wood soldier flies is a family of Diptera associated with dead or dying wood .-Genera:*Solva*Solva marginata *Solva minuta*Solva nigritibialis*Solva varia*Xylomya...
, the wood-soldierflies - XylophagidaeXylophagidaeThe Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families...
, the awl-flies