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Dance Flies, Long-legged Flies, and Allies
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Dance Flies, Long-legged Flies, and Allies

Empidoidea

The Empidoidea are a large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (= "Cyclorrhapha"). These two groups are sometimes united in the unranked taxon Eremoneura. There are some 10,000 known species in the Empidoidea.

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8 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Long-legged Flies

familyDolichopodidae

Dance Flies

familyEmpididae

Hybotid Dance Flies

familyHybotidae

Brachystomatidae

familyBrachystomatidae

Ragadidae

familyRagadidae

Homalocnemidae

familyHomalocnemidae

Atelestidae

familyAtelestidae

Oreogetonidae

familyOreogetonidae

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