ASILOIDEA
(robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)

ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window 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
ASILIDAE
robber flies, assassin flies
Family 3 subtaxa 9 references
BOMBYLIIDAE
bee flies
Family 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms 8 references
SCENOPINIDAE
window flies
Family 1 subtaxa 4 references
Scenopinus
window flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
THEREVIDAE
stiletto flies
Family 1 subtaxa 6 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
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 ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2001 British Soldierflies and their Allies 511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2014 British Soldierflies and their Allies (2nd ed) 2nd (mostly minor updates) edition, 528pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies):

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