ACROCERIDAE
(spider-parasite flies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Acrocera orbiculus Top-horned Hunchback					Species		11 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies)
Superfamily	NEMESTRINOIDEA (spider-parasite flies)
Infraorder	Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
Suborder	BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ACROCERIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Falk, S.		Diptera (flies)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Oldroyd, H.	1969	* Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Séguy, E.	1926	* Diptères (Brachyhcéres) (Stratiomyiidae, Erinnidae, Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

ACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Asilomorpha
(robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)

BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ACROCERIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)