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Superfamily Empidoidea

Longlegged Fly - Condylostylus - female ID ? Grayish Dance Fly - male another odd Fly Green fly 017 fly - male Asilidae ? Unknown fly.
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))
Superfamily Empidoidea
Internet References
For the classification into families, subfamilies, tribes, etc. see Sinclair & Cumming (2006). (1)
Works Cited
1.The morphology, higher level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)
By Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M.
Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 1:48am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 31 March, 2008 - 2:29pm

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