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The true flies, including many familiar and economically important insects such as mosquitoes, black flies, midges, fruit flies, blow flies and house flies.

Acroceridae

Family of flies commonly known as small-headed flies.

Agromyzidae

Family of flies, the leafminers.

Anisopodidae

Family of flies, commonly known as wood gnats.

Anthomyiidae

Family of flies.

Anthomyzidae

Family of flies.

Asilidae

Family of flies, commonly known as robber flies.

Bibionidae

Family of flies, the love bugs or March flies.

Blephariceridae

Family of flies, the net-winged midges.

Bombyliidae

Family of flies, the bee flies, so called because they resemble bees.

Braulidae

Family of flies, the bee lice, which are wingless and live inside bee colonies.

Calliphoridae

Family of flies with a metallic sheen on the body, the blowflies, greenbottles or bluebottles.

Cecidomyiidae

Family of flies, the gall midges or gall gnats.

Ceratopogonidae

Family of tiny flies, the biting midges.

Chamaemyiidae

Family of flies.

Chaoboridae

Family of flies, the phantom midges.

Chironomidae

Family of non-biting midges with aquatic larvae.

Chloropidae

Family of small flies, the grass or frit flies.

Culicidae

Mosquitoes are common flying insects in the family Culicidae with a worldwide distribution. There are about 3,500 species. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood and are vectors for some deadly diseases.

Dolichopodidae

Family of predatory flies.

Drosophilidae

Family of small flies including the fruit flies and vinegar flies.

Empididae

Family of mainly predatory flies.

Ephydridae

Family of flies, the shore or brine flies.

Hippoboscidae

Family of often wingless flies, the louse flies or keds, parasitic on mammals and birds.

Lonchopteridae

Family of flies, the pointed-winged flies.

Muscidae

Large family of flies, including the house fly and the stable fly.

Mycetophilidae

Family of flies, the fungus gnats.

Mydidae

Family of flies, the Mydas flies.

Nemestrinidae

Family of flies, the tangle-veined flies.

Oestridae

Family of flies, the bot flies.

Phoridae

Family of flies, the phorid or scuttle flies.

Pipunculidae

Family of flies, the big-headed flies.

Platypezidae

Family of flies, the flat-footed flies.

Psilidae

Family of flies, sometimes known as rust flies.

Psychodidae

Family of flies with short, hairy bodies and wings.

Ptychopteridae

Family of flies, the phantom crane flies.

Rhagionidae

Family of flies, the snipe flies.

Rhinophoridae

Family of flies.

Sarcophagidae

Family of flies, the flesh flies.

Scathophagidae

Family of dung flies.

Scatopsidae

Family of tiny black scavenger flies.

Scenopinidae

Family of flies, the window flies.

Sciaridae

Family of flies, the dark-winged fungus gnats.

Simuliidae

Family of black flies that suck blood which are quite distinct from aphids of a similar name.

Stratiomyidae

Family of flies, the soldier flies.

Syrphidae

Family of flies, the hover flies.

Tabanidae

Family of large biting flies.

Tachinidae

Family of flies.

Tanyderidae

Family of primitive crane flies.

Tephritidae

Family of flies, the fruit flies.

Therevidae

Family of flies, the stiletto flies.

Tipulidae

Family of large flies, the crane flies.

Ulidiidae

Family of flies, the picture-wing flies, previously classified as Otitidae.

Xylophagidae

Family of flies, the awl flies.

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