BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Asilomorpha
robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies
Infraorder 39 subtaxa 8 trophisms 116 references
Muscomorpha
hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles
Infraorder 1,091 subtaxa 3,634 trophisms 629 references
Tabanomorpha
horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies
Infraorder 16 subtaxa 2 trophisms 51 references
Xylophagomorpha
awl-flies
Infraorder 1 subtaxa 12 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Stubbs, A.E. 1998 Brachycera keys (in prep)
Verrall, G.H. 1909 Statiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British Flies, Vol V, 780pp, Gurney & Jackson

BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies):

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