SCIOMYZOIDEA
(snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
COELOPIDAE
kelp or wrack flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 36 images 2 ident. refs
DRYOMYZIDAE
a family of flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 3 subtaxa 33 images 5 ident. refs
HELCOMYZIDAE
a family of flies
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
SCIOMYZIDAE
snail-killing flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 27 subtaxa 427 images 4 ident. refs
SEPSIDAE
a family of lesser dung flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 7 subtaxa 109 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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)

SCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
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