| Syrphoidea | |
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| Syrphus ribesii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Section: | Aschiza |
| Superfamily: | Syrphoidea |
| Families | |
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Syrphidae - hover and drone flies |
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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.