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Checklist for Subsection Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835 (Acalyptrate muscoids)
and region Lagos (South Nigeria, Nigeria)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
78
290
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
78
290
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
74
261
423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
59
237
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
11
28
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
8
11
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
5
8
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
4
7
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
3
6
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lagos (Nigeria)
3 Families width 14 Species
Tephritidae (Newman, 1834)Fruit flies10SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lagos (Nigeria)
6 Genera with 14 Species
Ceratitis Mackleay, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Sepedon Latreille, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Sepedonella1SpeciesTaxom
Trirhithrum Bezzi, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lagos (Nigeria)
14 Species
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) ditissima Munro, 1938
Dacus (Dacus) armatus Fabricius, 1805
Dacus (Dacus) bivittatus Bigot, 1858Pumpkin fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) croceus Munro, 1957
Dacus (Dacus) flavicrus Graham, 1910
Dacus (Dacus) humeralis Bezzi, 1915Perkins's fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) theophrastus Hering, 1941
Dacus (Didacus) carnesi Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) fuscovittatus Graham, 1910
Paryphodes similis Hendel, 1914
Sepedon trichrooscelis Speiser, 1910
Sepedon umbrosa Verbeke, 1950
Sepedonella nana Verbeke, 1950
Trirhithrum obscurum (Enderlein, 1911)⇒ Trirhithrum nigrum Graham, 1910

Subnodes of Acalyptratae with occurrences in Lagos (Nigeria)
SuperfamilyCarnoidea
Newman, 1834
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySciomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyTephritoidea
Newman, 1834
2
4
11
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom