The following is a list of the larger Brachycera recorded in Britain, this includes the soldierflies and their allies.
Family Xylophagidae Xylophagus ater - common awl-fly Xylophagus cinctus - red-belted awl-fly Xylophagus junki - Glenmore awl-fly
Family Athericidae Atherix ibis - yellow-legged water-snipefly Atherix marginata - black-legged water-snipefly Atrichops crassipes - least water-snipefly
Family Rhagionidae
Family Tabanidae Subfamily Chrysopsinae Chrysops caecutiens - splayed deerfly Chrysops relictus - twin-lobed deerfly Chrysops sepulcralis - black deerfly Chrysops viduatus - square-spot deerfly
Subfamily Tabaninae Haematopota bigoti - big-spotted cleg Haematopota crassicornis - black-horned cleg Haematopota grandis - long-horned cleg Haematopota pluvialis - horse fly, cleg fly or cleg, sometimes notch-horned cleg Haematopota subcylindrica - Levels cleg Atylotus fulvus - golden horsefly Atylotus latistriatus - saltmarsh horsefly Atylotus plebeius - Cheshire horsefly Atylotus rusticus - four-lined horsefly Hybomitra bimaculata - hairy-legged horsefly Hybomitra ciureai - Levels yellow-horned horsefly Hybomitra distinguenda - bright horsefly Hybomitra expollicata - striped horsefly Hybomitra lurida - broad-headed horsefly Hybomitra micans - black-legged horsefly Hybomitra montana - slender-horned horsefly Hybomitra muehlfeldi - broadland horsefly Hybomitra solstitialis - scarce forest horsefly Tabanus autumnalis - large marsh horsefly Tabanus bovinus - pale giant horsefly Tabanus bromius - band-eyed brown horsefly Tabanus cordiger - plain-eyed grey horsefly Tabanus glaucopsis - downland horsefly Tabanus maculicornis - narrow-winged horsefly Tabanus miki - plain-eyed brown horsefly Tabanus sudeticus - dark giant horsefly
Family Xylomyidae Solva marginata - drab wood-soldierfly Solva varia (Meigen, 1820) Xylomya maculata - wasp wood-soldierfly
Family Stratiomyidae Subfamily Beridinae Beris chalybata - murky-legged black legionnaire Beris clavipes - scarce orange legionnaire Beris fuscipes - short-horned black legionnaire Beris geniculata - long-horned black legionnaire Beris morrisii - yellow-legged black legionnaire Beris vallata - common orange legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii - bright four-spined legionnaire Chorisops tibialis - dull four-spined legionnaire
Subfamily Clitellariinae Clitellaria ephippium
Subfamily Nemotelinae Nemotelus nigrinus - all-black snout Nemotelus notatus - flecked snout Nemotelus pantherinus - fen snout Nemotelus uliginosus - barred snout
Subfamily Pachygastrinae Eupachygaster tarsalis - sarce black Neopachygaster meromelaena - silver-strips black Pachygaster atra - dark-winged black Pachygaster leachii - yellow-legged black Zabrachia tenella - pine black
Subfamily Sarginae Chloromyia formosa - broad centurion Microchrysa cyaneiventris - black gem Microchrysa flavicornis - green gem Microchrysa polita - black-horned gem Sargus bipunctatus - twin-spot centurion Sargus cuprarius - clouded centurion Sargus flavipes - yellow-legged centurion Sargus iridatus - iridescent centurion
Subfamily Stratiomyinae Tribe Oxycerini Oxycera analis - dark-winged soldier Oxycera dives - round-spotted major Oxycera fallenii - Irish major Oxycera leonina - twin-spotted major Oxycera morrisii - white-barred soldier Oxycera nigricornis - delicate soldier Oxycera pardalina - hill soldier Oxycera pygmaea - pygmy soldier Oxycera rara - four-barred major Oxycera terminata - yellow-tipped soldier Oxycera trilineata - three-lined soldier Vanoyia tenuicornis - long-horned soldier
Tribe Stratiomyini
Odontomyia angulata - orange-horned green colonel Odontomyia argentata - silver colonel Odontomyia hydroleon - barred green colonel Odontomyia ornata - ornate brigadier Odontomyia tigrina - black colonel Oplodontha viridula - common green colonel Stratiomys chamaeleon - clubbed general Stratiomys longicornis - long-horned general Stratiomys potamida - banded general Stratiomys singularior - flecked general
Family Acroceridae Ogcodes gibbosus - smart-banded hunchback Ogcodes pallipes - black-rimmed hunchback Paracrocera orbiculus - top-horned hunchback
Family Bombyliidae Subfamily Bombyliinae Bombylius canescens - western bee-fly Bombylius discolor - dotted bee-fly Bombylius major - dark-edged bee-fly Bombylius minor - heath bee-fly
Subfamily Exoprosopinae Thyridanthrax fenestratus - mottled bee-fly Villa cingulata - downland villa Villa modesta - dune villa Villa venusta - heath villa
Subfamily Phthiriinae
Phthiria pulicaria - flea bee-fly
Family Therevidae
Family Scenopinidae Scenopinus fenestralis - house windowfly Scenopinus niger - forest windowfly
Family Asilidae Subfamily Asilinae Asilus crabroniformis - hornet robberfly Dysmachus trigonus - fan-bristled robberfly Eutolmus rufibarbis - golden-tabbed robberfly Machimus arthriticus - breck robberfly Machimus atricapillus - kite-tailed robberfly Machimus cingulatus - brown heath robberfly Machimus cowini - Manx robber fly Machimus rusticus - downland robberfly Neoitamus cothurnatus - scarce awl robberfly Neoitamus cyanurus - common awl robberfly Neomochtherus pallipes - Devon red-legged robberfly Pamponerus germanicus - pied-winged robberfly Philonicus albiceps - dune robberfly Rhadiurgus variabilis - northern robberfly
Subfamily Dasypogoninae Leptarthrus brevirostris - slender-footed robberfly Leptarthrus vitripennis - false slender-footed robberfly
Subfamily Laphriinae Choerades gilvus - ginger robberfly Choerades marginata - golden-haired robberfly Laphria flava - bumblebee robberfly
Subfamily Leptogastrinae Leptogaster cylindrica - striped slender robberfly Leptogaster guttiventris - dashed slender robberfly
Subfamily Stenopogoninae Dioctria atricapilla - violet black-legged robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri - stripe-legged robberfly Dioctria cothurnata - scarce red-legged robberfly Dioctria linearis - small yellow-legged robberfly Dioctria oelandica - orange-legged robberfly Dioctria rufipes - common red-legged robberfly Lasiopogon cinctus - spring heath robberfly
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