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Marsh Flies
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Marsh Flies

Sciomyzidae

The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Tetanocerini

tribeTetanocerini

Sciomyzini

tribeSciomyzini

Salticella

genusSalticella

Babakintaromyia

genusBabakintaromyia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 127180.