Tabanomorpha
(horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
TABANOIDEA horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies					Superfamily	24 subtaxa	621 images	16 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Infraorder	Tabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
Suborder	BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tabanomorpha is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
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
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M.	2014	British Soldierflies and their Allies (2nd ed)	2nd (mostly minor updates) edition, 528pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M.	2001	British Soldierflies and their Allies	511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

Tabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tabanomorpha is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)