Larger brachycera explained

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E. . Drake . Martin . British Soldierflies and their allies

   A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera

   . 2001 . . London . 1-899935-04-5 . 528 pages .