The Bombyliidae are a family of flies. Their common name are bee flies or humbleflies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae generally are parasitoids of other insects.
The Asiloidea comprise a very large superfamily insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide, with many species living in dry, sandy habitat types. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects. Members of the other families are mainly flower visitors as adults and predators as larvae.
The Acroceridae are a small family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common names are small-headed flies or hunch-back flies. Many are bee or wasp mimics. Because they are parasitoids of spiders, they also are sometimes known as spider flies.
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They got their name from the similarity of their, often, prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
Bombylius canescens, is a species of bee-fly belonging to the family Bombyliidae.
Phthiria pulicaria is a species of ' bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe
Philonicus albiceps is a species of 'robber flies' belonging to the family Asilidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe
Villa cingulata is a Palearctic species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Bombylius discolor is a Palearctic species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Bombylius minor is a Palearctic species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Ogcodes gibbosus is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Acroceridae.
Ogcodes pallipes is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Acroceridae.
Eutolmus rufibarbis is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.
Machimus cingulatus is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.
Dioctria oelandica is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.
Rhagio notatus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.
Atylotus plebeius is a Palearctic species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
Thereva cinifera is a Palearctic species of stiletto fly in the family Therevidae.
Thereva plebeja is a Palearctic species of stiletto fly in the family Therevidae.
Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.
