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 8 subtaxa 6 trophisms 37 references
Muscomorpha
hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles
Infraorder 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 6 references
Tabanomorpha
horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies
Infraorder 9 subtaxa 1 trophisms 33 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

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Stubbs, A.E. 1998 *** Brachycera keys (in prep) ***(Superseded)
Verrall, G.H. 1909 *** Statiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain ***(Superseded) British Flies, Vol V, 780pp, Gurney & Jackson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

AuthorYearTitleSource
Drake, C.M. 1991 Provisional atlas of the larger Brachycera (Diptera) of Britain and Ireland 131pp, Biological Records Centre

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 947 images of BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
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