Summary description from Wikipedia:

Empidoidea in languages:

Bokmål

danseflue-lignende

Chinese

舞虻總科

English

Dance Flies, Long-legged Flies, and Allies

Japanese

オドリバエ上科

Korean

춤파리상과

Modern Greek

Εμπιδοειδή

Thai

แมลงวันขายาว แมลงวันกระโดด ฯลฯ

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Asiloidea
• Empidoidea
• Nemestrinoidea
• Stratiomyomorpha
• Tabanomorpha
• Vermileonomorpha
• Xylophagomorpha

Child Taxa

• Atelestidae
• Brachystomatidae
• Dolichopodidae
• Empididae
• Homalocnemiidae
• Hybotidae
• Oreogetonidae
• Ragadidae

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