title: Larger brachycera
text: # Larger brachycera
  
  The larger brachycera is a name which refers to flies in the following families of the suborder Brachycera:
  
  * Acroceridae – hunch-back flies
  * Asilidae – robber flies
  * Athericidae – water snipe flies
  * Bombyliidae – bee flies
  * Rhagionidae – snipe flies
  * Scenopinidae – window flies
  * Stratiomyidae – soldier flies
  * Tabanidae – horse flies
  * Therevidae – stiletto flies
  * Xylomyidae – wood soldier flies
  * Xylophagidae – awl-flies
  