Diptera Classification
Diptera (2)- Brachycera (7)
Asiloidea (11)- Cyclorrhapha (4)
- Phoroidea (3)
- Platypezoidea (2)
- Schizophora (2)
- Acalyptratae (10)
- Calyptratae (14)
- Syrphoidea (2)
- Empidoidea (8)
- Nemestrinoidea (2)
- Stratiomyomorpha (3)
- Tabanomorpha (7)
- Xylophagomorpha (1)
- Nematocera (7)
Pyrgotidae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: AcalyptrataeSuperfamily: Tephritoidea
SUMMARY
Flies moderately large, with rather slender build and rather long legs. Wing 6-18 mm long, usually strongly patterned with bars, bands, or reticulation. (Steyskal 1987)