? Brachycera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder
Orthorrhapha Cyclorrhapha Muscomorpha

Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families. The most distinguishing characteristic of the suborder is reduced antenna sizes. A summary of main physiological characteristics follows: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1021x765, 304 KB) Beschreibung: Fliege auf einer vertrockneten Bombeere Aufnahmedatum: Fotografiert am 7. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Binomial name Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders, scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Suborders Nematocera(Eudiptera) Brachycera Green Bottle Fly Flesh Fly Fannia a Lesser House Fly (unidentified species) Dolichopodidae (unidentified species) Diptera (di - two, ptera – wings), or true flies, is the order of insects in which the hind wings are reduced to halteres. ... Superfamilies See text. ... Superfamilies  Section Aschiza   Superfamily Platypezoidea    Phoridae    Sciadoceridae    Opetiidae    Ironomyiidae    Lonchopteridae    Platypezidae   Superfamily Syrphoidea    Syrphidae    Pipunculidae  Section Schizophora  Sub-section Acalyptratae   Superfamily Conopoidea    Conopidae   Superfamily Tephritoidea    Ctenostyldae    Lonchaeidae    Pallopteridae    Piophilidae    Platystomatidae    Pyrgotidae    Richardiidae    Tachiniscidae    Tephritidae    Ulidiidae   Superfamily Nerioidea    Cypselosomatidae    Megamerinidae    Micropezidae    Neriidae    Pseudopomyzidae   Superfamily Diopsoidea    Diopsidae    Gobryidae    Nothybidae    Psilidae    Somatiidae    Syringogastridae... ... Suborders Nematocera(Eudiptera) Brachycera Green Bottle Fly Flesh Fly Fannia a Lesser House Fly (unidentified species) Dolichopodidae (unidentified species) Diptera (di - two, ptera – wings), or true flies, is the order of insects in which the hind wings are reduced to halteres. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Antennae (singular antenna), are the paired appendages connecting to the first (and in crustaceans also to the second) segment of the head of the members of all subphyla of the arthropods except Chelicerata. ...

• Reduced antenna size (with 8 or fewer flagellomeres).
• A maxillary palp (an elongated appendage near the mouth) having only 2 segments or less.
• The back portions of the larval head capsule extend into the prothorax (the anterior part of the thorax which bears the first pair of legs).
• There are two distinct parts which comprise of the larval mandible (lower jaw).
• The epandrium and hypandrium of the genitalia are separated in males.
• No premandible on the lower surface of the labrum (the roof of the mouth).
• A distinct configuration of the CuA2 and A1 wing veins.

Brachyceran flies can also be distinguished through behavior. Many of the species are predators or scavengers. Antennae (singular antenna), are the paired appendages connecting to the first (and in crustaceans also to the second) segment of the head of the members of all subphyla of the arthropods except Chelicerata. ... The maxillary sinus is the largest paranasal sinus. ... Male European garden spider with swollen pedipalps Pedipalps are a pair of feelers on a spiders face. ... The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. ... The mandible (inferior maxillary bone) (together with the maxilla) is the largest and strongest bone of the face. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... A labrum (Latin for lip) is the large vessel of a warm bath in the Roman thermae. ... A Laughing Gull on the beach in Atlantic City. ... In geology, a vein is a regularly shaped and lengthy occurrence of an ore; a lode. ... ŒœáħŐųŁġĖĞɮʙ[[]] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with predation. ... Harvestman eating the tail of a five-lined skink The word scavenger, in zoology, refers to animals that consume already dead organic life-forms. ...

References

• Tree of Life Project (2004). The Tree of Life Web Project: Brachycera. Retrieved Dec. 29, 2004.