Brachycera

Thricops semicinereus.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordines (6): Asilomorpha - Muscomorpha - Stratiomyomorpha - Tabanomorpha - Vermileonomorpha - Xylophagomorpha - incertae sedis

Overview of families ^(translate) ()

Acroceridae - Apioceridae - Apsilocephalidae - Apystomyiidae - Asilidae - Atelestidae - Athericidae - Austroleptidae - Bolbomyiidae - Bombyliidae - Brachystomatidae - Dolichopodidae - Empididae - Evocoidae - Hilarimorphidae - Hybotidae - Mydidae - Mythicomyiidae - Nemestrinidae - Pantophthalmidae - Pelecorhynchidae - Rhagionidae - Scenopinidae - Stratiomyidae - Syrphidae - Tabanidae - Therevidae - Vermileonidae - Xylomyidae - Xylophagidae - †Eremochaetidae ...

Name

Brachycera Schiner, 1862

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Fliang
беларуская: Караткавусыя
dansk: Flue
Deutsch: Fliegen
español: Mosca
suomi: Kärpänen
Nordfriisk: Fleegen
français: Brachycère (ou "Mouche" au sens restreint)
magyar: Légyalkatúak
日本語: ハエ亜目 (短角亜目)
Līvõ kēļ: Kärmizt
македонски: Краткоусни
Nederlands: Vlieg
norsk nynorsk: Fluge
norsk: Flue
polski: Muchówki krótkoczułkie
português: Mosca
davvisámegiella: Čurrot
svenska: Fluga
中文: 短角亚目

References

• Grimaldi, D.A., Arillo, A., Cumming, J.M. & Hauser, M. 2011. Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV, significant new orthorrhaphous taxa. ZooKeys 148: 293–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809 . Reference page. 
• Nagatomi, A.; Yang, D. 1998: A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Diptera). Entomologists' monthly magazine, 134: 95–192. [not seen]

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