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

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ASILOIDEA
robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 23 subtaxa 308 images 22 ident. refs
NEMESTRINOIDEA
spider-parasite flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 1 subtaxa 11 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
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

Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
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