PIPUNCULINAE
(a subfamily of big-headed flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cephalops
a genus of big-headed flies
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images 3 ident. refs
Clistoabdominalis ruralis
a big-headed fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Dorylomorpha
a genus of big-headed flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Pipunculus
a genus of big-headed flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images 1 ident. refs
Tomosvaryella
a genus of big-headed flies
Genus 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of 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)

PIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
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