Syrphoidea
Encyclopedia
Syrphoidea is a superfamily
of flies
containing only two families under present classification, one of which (Syrphidae) has a great number of the most common and familiar flies.
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
of flies
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
containing only two families under present classification, one of which (Syrphidae) has a great number of the most common and familiar flies.