4-506: The Brachyceran infraorder Asilomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the non muscoid Brachycera. The larvae of asilomorphs are extremely diverse in habits, as well. In most modern classifications, the infraorder Asilomorpha is not recognized, as it is paraphyletic ; the Empidoidea are the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (used here in the same sense as
8-462: Is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families . Their most distinguishing characteristic is reduced antenna segmentation. A summary of the main physical characteristics is: Brachyceran flies can also be distinguished through behavior. Many of the species are predators or scavengers . The structure of subgroups within the Brachycera is a source of much confusion and controversy; many of
12-454: The Tabanomorpha, though this is not widely accepted. [REDACTED] Media related to Asilomorpha at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Data related to Asilomorpha at Wikispecies This article related to members of the fly infraorder Asilomorpha is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brachycera The Brachycera are a suborder of the order Diptera . It
16-505: The traditional Cyclorrhapha , not following the Tree of Life Web Project system in this one instance). However, these modern classifications are not Linnaean, and - while relatively easy to visualize on a phylogenetic tree diagram - do not lend themselves to any classification that uses Linnaean ranks ( see discussion for details ). Also, some classifications place the Nemestrinoidea within
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