Syrphoidea

Taxobox
name = Syrphoidea

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image_caption = "Syrphus ribesii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Aschiza
superfamilia = Syrphoidea
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = Syrphidae - hover and drone flies Pipunculidae - big-headed flies

Syrphoidea is a superfamily of flies containing only two families under present classification, one of which (Syrphidae) has a great number of the most common and familiar flies.

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