The larger brachycera is a name which refers to flies in the following families of the suborder Brachycera:[1]
- Acroceridae – hunch-back flies
- Asilidae – robber flies
- Athericidae – water snipe flies
- Bombyliidae – bee flies
- Rhagionidae – snipe flies
- Scenopinidae – window flies
- Stratiomyidae – soldier flies
- Tabanidae – horse flies
- Therevidae – stiletto flies
- Xylomyidae – wood soldier flies
- Xylophagidae – awl-flies
References
edit- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.