ATELESTIDAE
(a family of flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Atelestus dissonans
a big-footed fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Atelestus pulicarius
a big-footed fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyATELESTIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (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)

ATELESTIDAE (a family of flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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