Giant Robber Fly 30-X
INSECTA
Diptera
 
 
A Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei) eating a bee.



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Insecta
  2. Classification of Insecta
  3. Archaeognatha & Zygentoma
  4. Pterygota
  5. Neoptera
  6. Dictyoptera
  7. Orthoptera
  8. Paraneoptera
  9. Endopterygota
  10. Diptera
  11. Hymenoptera
  12. Lepidoptera and Trichoptera
  13. Coleoptera

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The last four pages of this chapter are focused on the four largest orders of insects. This page is about the order of flies, gnats and mosquitoes: Diptera.

As of 2024, 5,425 species of Diptera have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 16,535 throughout the world.

  • SUBORDER BRACHYCERA
    • INFRAORDER MUSCOMORPHA
      • SUPERFAMILY ASILOIDEA
        • FAMILY ASILIDAE
          • Hanging Thief (Diogmites neoternatus) - Kansas
          • False Killer Bee (Promachus bastardii) - Perry Lake, KS
          • Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei) - NOAH
        • FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE
          • Hairless Bee Fly (Poecilognathus unimaculatus) - 4 (Comanche NG)
          • Bee Fly (Sparnopolius confusus) - 6 (Quivira NWR)
      • EREMONEURA
        • CYCLORRHAPHA
          • ASCHIZA
            • SUPERFAMILY PLATYPEXOIDEA
              • Humpbacked and Flat-Footed Flies
            • SUPERFAMILY SYRPHOIDEA
              • FAMILY SYRPHIDAE
                • Calligrapher Flies (Toxomerus) - Top-two most iNat observations in the US for Diptera
                • Large-Tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes volucris) - Perry Lake, KS
          • SCHIZOPHORA
            • ACALYPTRATAE
              • SUPERFAMILY CARNOIDEA
                • Frit Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY CONOPOIDEA
              • SUPERFAMILY DIOPSOIDEA
                • Stalk-Eyed and Rust Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY EPHYDROIDEA
                • FAMILY EPHYDRIDAE
                  • Alkali Fly (Cirrula hians) - 7 (Mono Lake)
              • SUPERFAMILY LAUXANIOIDEA
              • SUPERFAMILY NERIOIDEA
                • Stilt Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY OPOMYZOIDEA
                • Leaf Miners
              • SUPERFAMILY SCIOMYZOIDEA
                • Seaweed, Marsh, Halfbridge and Black Scavenger Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY SPHAEROCEROIDEA
                • Small Dung Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY TEPHRITOIDEA
                • FAMILY TEPHRITIDAE
                  • Goldenrod Gall Fly (Eurosta solidaginis) - 6 (Tallgrass Prairie)
            • CALYPTRATAE
              • SUPERFAMILY HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
                • Louse and Bat Flies
              • SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA
                • FAMILY MUSCIDAE
                  • House Fly (Musca sp.) - ubiquitous
              • SUPERFAMILY OESTROIDEA
                • FAMILY CALLIPHORIDAE
                  • Secondary Screwworm Fly (Cochliomyia macellaria) - Kansas
                  • Black Blow Fly (Phormia regina) - Perry Lake, KS
        • SUPERFAMILY EMPIDOIDEA
          • Long-Legged and Dance Flies
      • SUPERFAMILY NEMESTRINOIDEA
        • Small-Headed and Tangle-Veined Flies
    • INFRAORDER STRATIOMYOMORPHA
      • FAMILY STRATIOMYIDAE
        • Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) - 6 (Omaha Zoo)
    • INFRAORDER TABANOMORPHA
      • Snipe, Wormlion, Horse and Deer Flies
    • INFRAORDER XYLOPHAGOMORPHA
  • SUBORDER NEMATOCERA
    • INFRAORDER AXYMYIOMORPHA
    • INFRAORDER BIBIONOMORPHA
    • INFRAORDER BLEPHARICEROMORPHA
    • INFRAORDER CULICOMORPHA
      • SUPERFAMILY CHIRONOMOIDEA
        • FAMILY CHIRONOMIDAE
          • Non-Biting Midge (Chironomus) - Perry Lake, KS
        • FAMILY SIMULIIDAE
          • Black Flies - 3 (Adirondacks)
      • SUPERFAMILY CULICOIDEA
        • FAMILY CULICIDAE
          • Aedes spp. - mosquitos that transmit Dengue Fever
          • Aedes aegypti - mosquitos that transmit Zika virus
          • Aedes albopictus - mosquitos that transmit Zika virus
          • Anopheles spp. - mosquitos that spread malaria
          • Culex spp. - mosquitos that transmit West Nile Virus
    • INFRAORDER PSYCHODOMORPHA
      • SUPERFAMILY PSYCHODOIDEA
        • FAMILY PSYCHODIDAE
          • Bathroom Moth Fly (Clogmia albipunctata) - Kentucky
      • SUPERFAMILY SCATOPSOIDEA
        • Minute Black Scavenger Flies
      • SUPERFAMILY TRICHOCEROIDEA
        • Wood Gnats and Winter Crane Flies
    • INFRAORDER PTYCHOPTEROMORPHA
    • INFRAORDER TIPULOMORPHA
      • SUPERFAMILY TIPULOIDEA
        • FAMILY TIPULIDAE
          • Common Crane Fly (Tipula) - Kansas
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