The larger brachycera is a name which refers to flies in the following families of the suborder Brachycera:
Acroceridae – hunch-back flies Asilidae – robber flies Athericidae – water snipe flies Bombyliidae – bee flies Rhagionidae – snipe flies Scenopinidae – window flies Stratiomyidae – soldier flies Tabanidae – horse flies Therevidae – stiletto flies Xylomyidae – wood soldier flies Xylophagidae – awl-flies
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