Tabanomorpha

Tabanomorpha
Tabanus sudeticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Tabanomorpha
Families
†Alinkidae—extinct (Triassic) Athericidae—ibis flies Austroleptidae Bolbomyiidae †Eostratiomyiidae—extinct (Middle Jurassic) Oreoleptidae Pelecorhynchidae Rhagionidae—snipe flies Tabanidae—horse and deer flies

The Brachyceran infraorder Tabanomorpha is a small group that consists primarily of two large families, the Tabanidae (horse and deer flies) and Rhagionidae (snipe flies), and an assortment of very small affiliated families, most of which have been (or could be, or sometimes are) included within the Rhagionidae.^[1]