In Greek mythology and history, Promachus is a name that refers to several different people.
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.
Hybotidae, the typical dance flies, are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily.
Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of Lepidopteran caterpillars.
Scaptia is a genus of Horse-fly in the tribe Scionini.
Efferia is an insect genus of mainly neotropical and nearctic Diptera in the family Asilidae or robber flies. It is one of the most species-rich genera of Asilidae, with particularly high diversity in arid or semi-arid ecosystems of the New World.
Tabaninae is a subfamily of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. There are more than 3000 described species in Tabaninae.
Diachlorini is a tribe of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Proctacanthus is a genus of robber flies. There are about 18 described species in Proctacanthus.
Dasypogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 80 described species in Dasypogon.
Osca is a genus of Horse-fly in the tribe Scionini.
Dasybasis is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Catachlorops is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Pseudoscione is a genus of flies in the family Tabanidae.
