Brachycera

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κέρας (kéras, “antenna”), referring to their short, bi- or tri-segmented antennae (which are sometimes pseudosegmented). === Proper noun === Brachycera A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – almost all flies. ==== Hypernyms ==== (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order ==== Hyponyms ==== (suborder): Asilomorpha, Muscomorpha, Stratiomyomorpha, Tabanomorpha, Vermileonomorpha, Xylophagomorpha (infraorders) === References === Brachycera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brachycera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Brachycera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons