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"Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora)

Stratiomyomorpha · Tabanomorpha · Vermileonomorpha · Xylophagomorpha · Nemestrinoidea

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Is this a soldier fly? - Stratiomys normula xylomyid - Xylomya pallidifemur Soldier Fly - Stratiomys Soldier Fly - Odontomyia pubescens Fly with white triangle markings - Nemotelus - male Mating Soldier Flies - Ptecticus trivittatus - male - female Id request - Sargus elegans Xylomyid - Xylomya terminalis - female

Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Green Horse Fly - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - female Black Horse Fly - Tabanus atratus - female Yellow Fly - Diachlorus ferrugatus Tranquil Horse fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - female Tabanus atratus - female Horse Fly - Tabanus sparus Snipe Fly - Rhagio horsefly? - Tabanus

Infraorder Vermileonomorpha
Sierra wormlion larva - Vermileo comstocki

Infraorder Xylophagomorpha
I could use some Help - Coenomyia ferruginea Some More of the same - Coenomyia ferruginea pointy-end underbark larvae - Xylophagus Syrphid? - Dialysis Fly - Dialysis fly - Xylophagus reflectens Coenomyia ferruginea? - Coenomyia ferruginea unkn fly - Coenomyia ferruginea

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea
Small-Headed Fly: Acroceridae - Neolasia purpurata Eulonchus species? - Eulonchus Eulonchus species? - Eulonchus Pterodontia misella - male Acrocerid - Acrocera bimaculata - female Small-headed Fly - Acrocera - female Acroceridae - ? - Ogcodes Fly - Acrocera


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