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Checklist for Subsection Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835 (Acalyptrate muscoids)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
400
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
41
289
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
32
207
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
29
181
341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
18
93
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ghana
18 Families width 175 Species and 2 Subspecies
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies32SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae (Newman, 1834)Fruit flies74SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies12SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies7SpeciesTaxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916Banana stalk flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies4SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies2SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies11SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies6SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae (Latreille, 1802)Thick-headed Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903Anthomyzid flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ghana
93 Genera with 175 Species
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Acanthoneuropsis Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Aethiothemara Hendel, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agrochira Enderlein, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Anarista Papp, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Arcuator Sabrosky, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Asteia Meigen, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnema Enderlein, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnemis1SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Brachythoracosepsis Ozerov, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Campiglossa Rondani, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Campylocera Macquart, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Carpophthoromyia Austen, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Cephalosphen Hennig, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 200624SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Chaetonerius Hendel, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Chromatopterum Becker, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Cladoderris Bezzi, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Clitodoca Loew, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Coelocephala Karsch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Coelopacidia Enderlein, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Coelotrypes Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Coproica Rondani, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 192413SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Diploosmeteriosepsis Ozerov, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Diploosmeterosepsis1SpeciesTaxom
Discomyza Meigen, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1981Fruit fly4SpeciesTaxom
Dryxo Robineau-Des..., 18431SpeciesTaxom
Elachiptera Macquart, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Elaphromyia Bigot, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Engistoneura Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Eosamphicnephes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Epimadiza Becker, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Erythromyiella Hennig, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Euthyplatystoma Hendel, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Furcamyia Whittington, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Glyphodera Enderlein, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Hypotyphla Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hypotyphlina1SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Loxoceromyia Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Lulodes Enderlein, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Meracanthomyia Hendel, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Milichia Meigen, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Naupoda Osten Sacken, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Nostima Coquillett, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Notiphila Fallen, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Notomma Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Oeciotypa Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Pachylophus Loew, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Paraciura Hering, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Paradesis Pocock, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Paralimna Loew, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Pardalaspis Bezzi, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Peltacanthina Enderlein, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Perilampsis Bezzi, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Phlebophis Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Physiphora Fallen, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Plastotephritis Enderlein, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Platensina Enderlein, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Poecilosomella Duda, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Prohypotyphla Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudafreutreta Hering, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochromatopterum Deeming, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogaurax Malloch, 1931Parasitic Chloropid Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonapomyza Hendel, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Pterandrus Bezzi, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 19323SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Scatella Robineau-Des..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Scedella Munro, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Semaranga Becker, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Sepedon Latreille, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Silba Macquart, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Siphunculina Rondani, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocera Latreille, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Stylogaster Macquart, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Taomyia Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Trirhithrum Bezzi, 191112SpeciesTaxom
Typhamyza Rohá& 269;ek, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Xyrogena Whittington, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Zaprionus Coquillett, 19011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
175 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthoneuropsis difficilis Frey, 1932
Aethiothemara fallacivena Enderlein, 1911
Agrochira adamanta Whittington, 2003
Anarista endroedyi Papp, 1972
Arcuator aburensis Sabrosky, 1985
Asteia magnifica Meunier, 1910
Atopocnema brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Atopocnemis brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsurut..., 2005
Bactrocera (Gymnodacus) mesomelas Bezzi, 1908
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) curcubitae Coquillett, 1899
Brachythoracosepsis butikensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1963
Brachythoracosepsis pseudonotosa Ozerov, 1990
Campylocera oculata Hendel, 1914
Campylocera pleuralis Hendel, 1914
Carpophthoromyia dividua De Meyer, 2006
Carpophthoromyia interrupta De Meyer, 2006
Carpophthoromyia nigribasis Enderlein, 1920
Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea Bezzi, 1918
Carpophthoromyia vittata Fabricius, 1794
Cephalosphen enderleini Verbeke, 1955
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) cosyra Walker, 1849Mango fruit fly
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) grahami Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) guttiformis Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) lentigera Munro, 1933
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) lineata Hering, 1938
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) melanopus Hering, 1942
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) morstatti Bezzi, 1912
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) neostictica Meyer, 1998
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) stictica Bezzi, 1909
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) striatella Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann, 1824Medfly
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) bremii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Grass fern
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) ditissima Munro, 1938
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) edwardsi Munro, 1957
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) punctata Wiedemann, 1824Cacao fruit fly
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) anonae Graham, 1908Annona fruit fly
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) barbata Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) bicincta (Enderlein, 1920)⇒ Trirhithrum bicinctum Enderlein, 1920
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) colae Silvestri, 1913Chocolate-band snail
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) fasciventris Bezzi, 1920
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) flexuosa Walker, 1853
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) lepida Munro, 1969
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) penicillata Bigot, 1891
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) whitei Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Cerodontha (Poemyza) orbitona Spencer, 1960
Chaetonerius echinus Hennig, 1937
Chaetonerius latifemur Enderlein, 1922
Chromatopterum ghanaensis Deeming, 1981
Cladoderris silvestrii Bezzi, 1914
Clitodoca fenestralis Macquart, 1843Signal Fly
Coelocephala arcifera Hendel, 1914
Coelopacidia strigata Bezzi, 1920
Coelotrypes pulchellus Bezzi, 1920
Coproica ghanensis Papp, 1979
Dacus (Dacus) armatus Fabricius, 1805
Dacus (Dacus) bivittatus Bigot, 1858Pumpkin fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) diastatus Munro, 1984
Dacus (Dacus) disjunctus Bezzi, 1915
Dacus (Dacus) humeralis Bezzi, 1915Perkins's fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) limbipennis (Macquart, 1843)⇒ Dacus armatus Fabricius, 1805
Dacus (Dacus) momordicae Bezzi, 1915
Dacus (Dacus) punctatifrons Karsch, 1887
Dacus (Dacus) theophrastus Hering, 1941
Dacus (Didacus) carnesi Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862Cucurbit fly
Dacus (Didacus) vertebratus Bezzi, 1908Jointed pumpkin fly
Dacus (Leptoxyda) maynei Bezzi, 1924
Desmometopa leptometopoides Sabrosky, 1983Fly
Diploosmeteriosepsis pilifemur Munari, 1994
Diploosmeterosepsis pilifemur Munari, 1994
Discomyza eritrea Cresson, 1935
Drosophila (Drosophila) repleta Wollaston, 1858False gilia
Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Drosophila macquarti Wheeler, 1981
Drosophila (Sophophora) yakuba Burla, 1954
Drosophila macquarti Wheeler, 1981
Dryxo ornata Macquart, 1843
Elachiptera ugandae Sabrosky, 1951
Elaphromyia adatha Walker, 1849
Elassogaster vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura flavipennis Hendel, 1914
Eosamphicnephes africanus Frey, 1932
Epimadiza gallicola Seguy, 1933
Epimadiza rugosa Meijere, 1906
Erythromyiella tuberculata Hennig, 1935
Euthyplatystoma nitidum (Frey, 1932)⇒ Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Euthyplatystoma nitidum tibiale Frey, 1932
Furcamyia difficilis Frey, 1932
Glyphodera ochripes Enderlein, 1922
Hypotyphla caudata Hendel, 1914
Hypotyphlina caudata Hendel, 1914
Lonchaea impressifrons Bezzi, 1920
Loxoceromyia longicornis Hendel, 1914
Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Melanagromyza candidipennis Lamb, 1912
Melanagromyza ghanensis Spencer, 1965
Melanagromyza ruandae Spencer, 1959
Meracanthomyia antennata Hendel, 1912
Milichia distinctipennis Deeming, 1981
Naupoda hemiptera Frey, 1932
Naupoda puella Hendel, 1914
Naupoda punctifascia Speiser, 1911
Nostima flavitarsis Canzoneri & ..., 1969
Notiphila pokuma Cresson, 1947
Notomma bioculatum Bezzi, 1920
Oeciotypa parallelomma Hendel, 1914
Ophiomyia centrosematis De Meijere, 1940
Ophiomyia spencerella Greathead, 1969
Pachylophus femoratus Johnson, 1898
Pachylophus flavipes Lamb, 1917
Pachylophus obscurior Becker, 1916
Paraciura perpicillaris Bezzi, 1920
Paradesis hexapoda Bezzi, 1918
Paralimna arabica Becker, 1910
Paralimna bicolor Macquart, 1851
Paralimna limbata Loew, 1862
Paralimna lynx Cresson, 1933
Paralimna nubifer Cresson, 1929
Paralimna pokuma Cresson, 1933
Paryphodes leucurus Speiser, 1914
Paryphodes leucurus compar Hendel, 1914
Paryphodes nepticula Loew, 1873
Paryphodes similis Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina epixantha Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina geminata Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina simponsi Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina simpsoni Frey, 1932
Perilampsis atra Munro, 1969
Phlebophis serpentina Frey, 1932
Physiphora alceae Preyssler, 1791Picture-Winged Fly
Physiphora smaragdina Loew, 1852
Plagiostenopterina westermanni Hendel, 1914
Plastotephritis campiglossoides Frey, 1932
Platensina diaphasis Bigot, 1891
Poecilosomella angulata Thomson, 1869
Prohypotyphla nigriventris Hendel, 1914
Pseudafreutreta fatua Hering, 1942
Pseudochromatopterum rileyi Deeming, 1981
Pseudogaurax dissimilipes Malloch, 1931
Pseudonapomyza zeae Spencer, 1973
Rivellia humphreyi Frey, 1932
Rivellia otroeda Walker, 1849
Rivellia succincta Frey, 1932
Scaptodrosophila mirei Tsacas & Cha..., 1988
Scatella (Scatella) septemfenestrata Lamb, 1912
Scedella boxiana Munro, 1957
Scedella cyana Walker, 1849
Semaranga dorsocentralis Becker, 1911Fly
Sepedon neavei Steyskal, 1956
Sepsis femoriseta Duda, 1926
Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann, 1830Black scavenger fly
Silba plumosissima Bezzi, 1919
Siphunculina ornatifrons Loew, 1858
Sphaerocera endrodyi Papp, 1978
Sphaerocera ghanensis Papp, 1978
Stylogaster leonum Westwood, 1851
Stylogaster nitens Brunetti, 1925
Stylogaster subapicalis (Camras, 1955)⇒ Stylogaster leonum Westwood, 1851
Taomyia marshalli Bezzi, 1920
Tephritis hemimelaena Bezzi, 1920
Trirhithrum bicinctum Enderlein, 1920
Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi, 1918Coffee fruit fly
Trirhithrum dimorphum Munro, 1934
Trirhithrum fraternum Munro, 1934
Trirhithrum gagatinum Bezzi, 1918
Trirhithrum homogeneum Bezzi, 1924
Trirhithrum inscriptum (Graham, 1910)⇒ Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi, 1918
Trirhithrum leonense White & Hancock, 2003
Trirhithrum meladiscum Munro, 1938
Trirhithrum nigerrimum Bezzi, 1913
Trirhithrum nigrum Graham, 1910
Trirhithrum obscurum (Enderlein, 1911)⇒ Trirhithrum nigrum Graham, 1910
Typhamyza bifasciata Wood, 1911
Xyrogena grossa Whittington, 2003
Zaprionus vittiger Coquillett, 1901

Subnodes of Acalyptratae with occurrences in Ghana
SuperfamilyCarnoidea
Newman, 1834
2
12
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyConopoidea
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed flies
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyEphydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
2
9
17
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHeteromyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNerioidea
Westwood, 1840
2
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOpomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
3
7
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySciomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyTephritoidea
Newman, 1834
5
52
115
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom