TEPHRITOIDEA
(lance and picture-wing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
LONCHAEIDAE
lance flies
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 5 images 3 ident. refs
PALLOPTERIDAE
flutter flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 9 subtaxa 59 images 10 ident. refs
PIOPHILIDAE
nest flies, cheese-skippers etc.
Family 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
PLATYSTOMATIDAE
signal flies
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 42 images 5 ident. refs
TEPHRITIDAE
gall-flies, greater fruit flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 45 subtaxa 956 images 24 ident. refs
ULIDIIDAE
a family of pictured-wing flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 8 subtaxa 157 images 9 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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)

TEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 451 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
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