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Checklist for Subsection Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835 (Acalyptrate muscoids)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
319
2025
3758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
317
2021
3753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
309
1997
3712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
198
1539
2917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
54
378
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
41
238
415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
33
171
294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
30
158
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
21
107
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Seychelles
21 Families width 164 Species
#OTCEANDLMPSX
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies10SpeciesTaxom
Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840Clusiid flies4SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies25SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903Anthomyzid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies25SpeciesTaxom
Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916Chiromyid flies4SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies9SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies5SpeciesTaxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916Banana stalk flies2SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies30SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae (Latreille, 1802)Thick-headed Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae (Schiner, 1862)Filth flies8SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae (Schiner, 1862)Picture-winged flies7SpeciesTaxom
Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914Periscelidid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies12SpeciesTaxom
Canaceidae Jones, 1906Beach flies6SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies2SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 19802SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Seychelles
107 Genera with 164 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTXZ
Acrosticta Loew, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Afrotethina Munari, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Allometopon Kertesz, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Allotrichoma Becker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Amygdalops Lamb, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Apallates Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphaniosoma Becker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Arcuator Sabrosky, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Asteia Meigen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Cadrema Walker, 18664SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Cerobothrium Frey, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Ceropsilopa Cresson, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Chaetonerius Hendel, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chlorichaeta Becker, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Chymomyza Czerny, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Chyromya Robineau-Des..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1999Spittlebug Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Conioscinella Duda, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Conops Linnaeus, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Dasiops Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Dasyopa Malloch, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19804SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Dettopsomyia Lamb, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Diathoneura Duda, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Dichaetophora Duda, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Discomyza Meigen, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Ditrichophora Cresson, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1914Fruit fly9SpeciesTaxom
Duomyia Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Echidnocephalodes Sabrosky, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Elachiptera Macquart, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Ephydra Fallen, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Eugaurax Malloch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Eutropha Loew, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Gaurax Loew, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Gymnochiromyia Hendel, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Heteromeringia Czerny, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Hippelates Lioy, 1930Eye flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hirtodrosophila Duda, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Homoneura Wulp, 19127SpeciesTaxom
Homops Speiser, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Hostis Cresson, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Hyadina Curtis, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Hydrellia Robineau-Des..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Hypselothyrea De Meijere, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Isocanace Mathis, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Leptometopa Becker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Leucophenga Mik, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Limosina Macquart, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Liohippelates Duda, 1929
Eye Gnats0SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Merochlorops Howlett, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Microdrosophila Malloch, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Milichia Meigen, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Mycodrosophila Oldenberg, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Neophyllomyza Melander, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Neotanygastrella Duda, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Nocticanace Malloch, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Nostima Coquillett, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Orasiopa Zatwarnicki ..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Oscinella Becker, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Pachycerina Macquart, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Panurgopsis Kertesz, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Paralimna Loew, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Paramyia Williston, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Parardelio Hendel, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Paratissa Coquillett, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Parydra Stenhammar, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Peplomyza Haliday, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Philophylla Rondani, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Phyllomyza Fallen, 1810
0SpeciesTaxom
Physiphora Fallen, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Placopsidella Kertesz, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Poecilosomella Duda, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Polytrichophora Cresson, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Procanace Hendel, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Psednometopum Munro, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeuxesta Hendel, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogampsocera Sabrosky, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Psilopa Fallen, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdochaeta Meijere, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesiella Adams, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Sapromyza Fallen, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Scatella Robineau-Des..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Schema Becker, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Scholastes Loew, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Silba Macquart, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Siphunculina Rondani, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Sobarocephala Czerny, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Taomyia Bezzi, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Telostylinus Enderlein, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Tethina Haliday, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Tricimba Lioy, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Trypaneoides Tonnoir & Ma..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteia Hardy, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Zeros Cresson, 19122SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Seychelles
164 Species
Acrosticta apicalis Williston, 1896Picture-winged fly
Acrosticta exsul (Lamb, 1914)⇒ Acrosticta apicalis Williston, 1896
Afrotethina aurisetulosa Lamb, 1914
Afrotethina brevicostata Munari, 1990
Allometopon flavum Lamb, 1914
Allotrichoma argentipraetexta Lamb, 1912
Amygdalops nigrinotum Sueyoshi & R..., 2003Anthomyid fly
Amygdalops thomasseti Lamb, 1914Shasta buckwheat
Aphaniosoma sexvittatum Lamb, 1914
Arcuator stigmaticus Lamb, 1912
Asteia lambi Duda, 1927
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) curcubitae Coquillett, 1899
Cadrema femorata Lamb, 1912
Cadrema nigrescens Lamb, 1912
Cadrema nigricornis Thomson, 1869
Cadrema pallida Loew, 1866Fly
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann, 1824Medfly
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) catoirii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Grass fern
Cerobothrium insulatum Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Cerodontha (Icteromyza) longipennis Loew, 1869
Cerodontha (Icteromyza) piliseta Becker, 1903
Ceropsilopa longicornis Lamb, 1912
Chaetonerius alluaudi Giglio-Tos, 1895
Chlorichaeta albipennis Loew, 1848Shore fly
Chymomyza bicolor Lamb, 1914
Chyromya hirtiscutellatum Lamb, 1914
Cladochaeta bispina Grimaldi & N..., 1999
Conioscinella dissimilicornis Lamb, 1912
Conops (Conops) nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925
Conops (Conops) ornatus (Williston, 1892)⇒ Conops bigoti Brunetti, 1925
Dacus (Dacus) bivittatus Bigot, 1858Pumpkin fruit fly
Dasiops vibrissifer Lamb, 1912
Dasyrhicnoessa ferruginea (Lamb, 1914)⇒ Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931Tethinid fly
Dasyrhicnoessa occidentalis (Munari, 1986)⇒ Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delf..., 1980
Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delf..., 1980Tethinid fly
Desmometopa aldabrae Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa microps Lamb, 1914
Dettopsomyia formosa Lamb, 1914Pomace fly
Diathoneura tanyptera Duda, 1925
Dichaetophora aberrans Lamb, 1914
Discomyza similis Lamb, 1912
Ditrichophora ratti Canzoneri, 1980
Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Drosophila macquarti Wheeler, 1981
Drosophila (Sophophora) sechellia Tsacas & Bae..., 1981
Drosophila (Sophophora) vallismaia Tsacas, 1984
Drosophila alani Pipkin, 1964
Drosophila alexanderae Pipkin, 1964
Drosophila crossoptera Wheeler & Ta..., 1962
Drosophila hirtipes Lamb, 1914
Drosophila incompta Wheeler & Ta..., 1962
Drosophila nasuta Lamb, 1914Pomace fly
Duomyia mithrax Hendel, 1914
Echidnocephalodes barbatus Lamb, 1914
Elachiptera nigriceps Loew, 1863
Ephydra flavipes Macquart, 1843
Eugaurax quadrilineatus Williston, 1896
Eutropha noctilux Walker, 1859
Gaurax seychellensis Lamb, 1912
Gymnochiromyia dubium Lamb, 1914
Gymnochiromyia sexspinosum Lamb, 1914
Heteromeringia nigriceps Lamb, 1914
Heteromeringia tephrinos Lonsdale & M..., 2007
Hippelates stigmaticus (Duda, 1930)⇒ Arcuator stigmaticus Lamb, 1912
Hirtodrosophila spinipes Lamb, 1914
Homoneura atra Lamb, 1912
Homoneura crassicaput Lamb, 1912
Homoneura funebricornis Lamb, 1912
Homoneura mahensis Lamb, 1912
Homoneura pulchrifrons Lamb, 1912
Homoneura striata Lamb, 1912
Homoneura varifrons Lamb, 1912
Homops dentatus Lamb, 1912
Homops glaberrimus Lamb, 1912
Hostis guamensis Cresson, 1945Shore fly
Hyadina munarii Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Hydrellia varipes Lamb, 1912
Hypselothyrea notabilis Lamb, 1914
Isocanace briani Mathis, 1982
Leptometopa albipennis Lamb, 1914
Leucophenga grossipalpis Lamb, 1914
Leucophenga proxima Adams, 1905
Leucophenga sericea Lamb, 1914
Limosina munda Collin, 1912
Lonchaea lambiana Bezzi, 1918
Melanagromyza candidipennis Lamb, 1912
Melanagromyza funebris Lamb, 1912
Melanagromyza metallica Thomson, 1869
Merochlorops lucens Meijere, 1908
Microdrosophila (Microdrosophila) pleurolineata Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Milichia superba Lamb, 1914
Milichiella solitaria Lamb, 1914
Milichiella tristis Lamb, 1914
Mycodrosophila fracticosta Lamb, 1914
Mycodrosophila nigerrima Lamb, 1914
Mycodrosophila nigrobrunnea Lamb, 1914
Neophyllomyza approximatonervis Lamb, 1914
Neotanygastrella punctiscutata Lamb, 1914
Nocticanace actites Mathis & WIrth, 1979
Nocticanace flavipalpis Mathis & WIrth, 1979
Nocticanace mahensis Lamb, 1912
Nostima striata Lamb, 1912
Orasiopa apiculata Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Oscinella acuticornis Becker, 1912
Oscinella colorata Becker, 1914
Oscinella complicata Becker, 1914
Oscinella halterata Lamb, 1912
Oscinella varicornis Lamb, 1912
Pachycerina obscuripennis Lamb, 1912
Pachycerina seychellensis Lamb, 1912
Panurgopsis magnifica Bezzi, 1926
Paralimna lineata Meijere, 1908
Paramyia nitens Loew, 1869
Parardelio pilosus Hendel, 1912
Paratissa coriacea Lamb, 1912
Paratissa scotti (Seguy, 1955)⇒ Hostis guamensis Cresson, 1945
Parydra tuberculifera Lamb, 1912
Paryphodes vicarius Hendel, 1912
Philophylla seychellensis Lamb, 1914
Physiphora azurea Hendel, 1912
Placopsidella cynocephala Kertesz, 1901Lanceleaf springbeauty
Placopsidella scotti Lamb, 1912
Plagiostenopterina cyanosoma Hendel, 1912
Plagiostenopterina rificeps Hendel, 1912
Plagiostenopterina ruficeps Hendel, 1912
Poecilosomella acrosticalis Becker, 1903
Polytrichophora specula Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Procanace cogani Mathis, 1988
Procanace grisescens Hendel, 1913
Psednometopum aldabrense Lamb, 1914
Pseudeuxesta prima Osten Sacken, 1881Picture-winged fly
Pseudogampsocera scutellata Lamb, 1912
Pseudorhicnoessa rattii Munari, 1981
Psilopa nitidissima Lamb, 1912
Psilopa victoria Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Rhabdochaeta spinosa Lamb, 1914
Rhodesiella aeneifrons Lamb, 1912
Rhodesiella rugosa Lamb, 1912
Sapromyza nudiuscula Lamb, 1912
Scaptodrosophila caliginosa Lamb, 1914
Scaptodrosophila finitima Lamb, 1914
Scaptodrosophila jucunda Lamb, 1914
Scaptodrosophila lambi Duda, 1940
Scaptodrosophila rufuloventer Lamb, 1914
Scaptodrosophila triangulifer Lamb, 1914
Scatella (Scatella) septemfenestrata Lamb, 1912
Schema aldabricum Mathis & Zat..., 2003
Scholastes vicarius (Hendel, 1912)⇒ Paryphodes vicarius Hendel, 1912
Silba excisa Kertesz, 1901
Siphunculina ornatifrons Loew, 1858
Siphunculina striolatus Wiedemann, 1830Fly
Sobarocephala plumicornis Lamb, 1914
Taomyia ocellata Lamb, 1914
Telostylinus lineolatus Wiedemann, 1830Banana stalk fly
Tethina (Rhicnoessa) ochracea (Hendel, 1913)⇒ Tethina pallipes Loew, 1865
Tethina (Rhicnoessa) pallipes Loew, 1865Tethinid fly
Tethina ferruginea Lamb, 1914
Tricimba seychellensis Sabrosky, 1938
Trypaneoides perpunctatus Lamb, 1912
Xenasteia aldabrae Hardy, 1980
Xenasteia seychellensis Hardy, 1980
Zeros fractivirgata Lamb, 1912
Zeros invenatus Lamb, 1912

Subnodes of Acalyptratae with occurrences in Seychelles
SuperfamilyCarnoidea
Newman, 1834
4
32
49
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyConopoidea
Latreille, 1802
Thick-headed flies
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyEphydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
2
34
55
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHeteromyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
2
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLauxanioidea
Macquart, 1835
1
6
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNerioidea
Westwood, 1840
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOpomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
6
9
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyTephritoidea
Newman, 1834
4
18
23
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom