Therevidae

Therevidae Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Thereva nobilitata female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Asiloidea
Family:	Therevidae Newman, 1834
Subfamilies
Agapophytinae Phycinae Therevinae Xestomyzinae

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.^[1]