BOMBYLIIDAE
(bee flies)

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Genus 2 subtaxa 16 images
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Species 10 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies)
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
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Oldroyd, H. 1969 *** Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX.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Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
van Veen, M. Bee-flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Northwest Europe home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/bombyliidae/index.html

BOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies)
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