SYRPHOIDEA
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
PIPUNCULIDAE
big-headed flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 7 subtaxa 29 images 12 ident. refs
SYRPHIDAE
hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly
(Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Family 124 subtaxa 1,871 images 50 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

SYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & 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 SYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 361 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
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