BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Asilomorpha
robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Infraorder 24 subtaxa 319 images 26 ident. refs
Muscomorpha
hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles
(Click to open)
 		Infraorder 3 subtaxa 7 images 3 ident. refs
Tabanomorpha
horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Infraorder 24 subtaxa 621 images 19 ident. refs
Xylophagomorpha
awl-flies
Infraorder 1 subtaxa 8 ident. refs
XYLOPHAGOIDEA
awl-flies
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 7 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Stubbs, A.E. 1998 *** Brachycera keys (in prep) ***(Superseded)
Verrall, G.H. 1909 *** Statiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain ***(Superseded) British Flies, Vol V, 780pp, Gurney & Jackson

BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
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