Family
Therevidae (Stiletto flies)
Pallicephala flavipilosa. Photo: (c) u_phantasticus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Therevidae are a family of flies of the superfamily Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semiarid regions with sandy soils. The larvae are predators of insect larvae in soil.
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