Nemestrinidae
| Nemestrinidae Temporal range: | |
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| Hirmoneura obscura | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Panorpida |
| Clade: | Antliophora |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Superfamily: | Nemestrinoidea |
| Family: | Nemestrinidae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832 |
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Nemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae.
Larvae are endoparasitoids of either grasshoppers (Trichopsideinae) or scarab beetles (Hirmoneurinae). Some are considered important in the control of grasshopper populations. Adults are often observed on flowers.