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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Florissant Fossil Beds (Teller County, Colorado, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
260
1185
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
259
1184
2089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
250
1167
2054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
980
1741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
164
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
38
125
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Florissant Fossil Beds
38 Families width 182 Species
#EABHSPMXTGDNROCL
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies18SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies4SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies27SpeciesTaxom
Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840Heleomyzid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Anthomyiid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies25SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae (Latreille, 1802)Drone flies20SpeciesTaxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973Athericid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies8SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798Stilt Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Dung flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xylophagidae Fallen, 1810Awl-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies4SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Platypezidae Fallen, 1815Flat footed flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Glossinidae Theobald, 1903Tik-tik flies5SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834Tangle-veined flies9SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies4SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802Snipe flies4SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Piophilidae Macquart, 1835Cheese flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies1SpeciesTaxom
Therevidae (Newman, 1834)Stiletto flies4SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Richardiidae Snow, 1896Picture-winged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies0SpeciesTaxom
Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914Periscelidid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies2SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835Window Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xylomyidae Verrall, 1901Wood soldier flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Florissant Fossil Beds
125 Genera with 182 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTUVXY
Acallomyia Melander, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Agromyza Fallen, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Alepidophora Cockerell, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Alomatia Cockerell, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Amphicosmus Coquillett, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Anorostoma Loew, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyia Meigen, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Apolysis Loew, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Aporema Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Apsilocephala Kröber, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Archalia Hull, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Atrichops Verrall, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Beris Latreille, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Cacogaster Hull, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Ceraturgus Wiedemann, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopleurophora Schmitz, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Cheilosia Meigen, 1916Blacklets3SpeciesTaxom
Chilosia Agassiz, 1909hoverfly1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysogaster Meigen, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Compsobata Czerny, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Comptosia Macquart, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Cordilura Fallen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Desmatomyia Williston, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Dialysis Walker, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Dioxyna Frey, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomyia Wiedemann, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Elgiva Meigen, 17802SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Euarestoides Benjamin, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Eucallimyia Cockerell, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Eumacronychia Townsend, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eurithia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Geronites Cockerell, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Glossina Wiedemann, 1916Tik-tik4SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopternus Loew, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyiella Hendel, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyza Fallen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Hirmoneura Meigen, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopa Brullé, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Leptis Fabricius, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Lestomyia Williston, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Leucozona Schiner, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Limnia Robineau-Des..., 19781SpeciesTaxom
Lithocosmus Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Mecistoneuron Melander, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Megacosmus Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Melanderella Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Melieria Robineau-Des..., 18733SpeciesTaxom
Meromyza Meigen, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Moyamyia Melander, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Mycetaulus Loew, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Mydas Fabricius, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Nebritus Coquillett, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Nemotelus Geoffroy, 01SpeciesTaxom
Neodiplotoxa Malloch, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Neorhynchocephalus Lichtwardt, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Nicocles Jaennicke, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Ophyra Robineau-Des..., 19491SpeciesTaxom
Oxycera Meigen, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pachysomites Cockerell, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Pachysystropus Cockerell, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopherocera Hauser & Irwin, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Palembolus Scudder, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Paloestrus Scudder, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Paracosmus Osten Sacken, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Paroxyna Hendel, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Periscepsia Gistel, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Philygria Stenhammar, 1844
0SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Pipiza Fallen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Planocephalus Scudder, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Platycheirus Le Peletier ..., 19491SpeciesTaxom
Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Priabona Archibald & al., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Progloma James, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Prosoeca Schiner, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Protochrysotoxum Hull, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Protonephrocerus Collin, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Pseudatrichia Osten Sacken, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Psilocephala Zetterstedt, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Rhagio Fabricius, 1949Down-looker2SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 194912SpeciesTaxom
Rhingia Scopoli, 1945Snouted Hoverflies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhingiopsis Roder, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Sapromyza Fallen, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyza Fallen, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Senobasis Macquart, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Senoprosopis Macquart, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Sepedon Latreille, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Sphegina Meigen, 1945Pufftails1SpeciesTaxom
Spiniphora Malloch, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Symphoromyia Frauenfeld, 1911Rocky Mountain Bite Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1909Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Taracticus Loew, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tetanocera Latreille, 19207SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomyia Zenker, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Themira Robineau-Des..., 19491SpeciesTaxom
Tithonomyia Evenhuis, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Tritoxa Loew, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom
Trixoscelis Robineau-Des..., 19491SpeciesTaxom
Trupanea Schrank, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Urortalis Cockerell, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Verrallites Cockerell, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Xylomya Rondani, 01SpeciesTaxom
Xylomyia Bezzi, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ylasoia Speiser, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Florissant Fossil Beds
182 Species
Acallomyia probolaea A. L. Melander, 1949
Agromyza praecursor A. L. Melander, 1949
Alepidophora cockerelli A. L. Melander, 1949
Alepidophora minor A. L. Melander, 1949
Alepidophora pealei T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Alomatia fusca T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Amphicosmus (Amphicosmus) delicatulus A. L. Melander, 1949
Anthomyia atavella T. D. A. Coc..., 1913
Anthomyia laminarum T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Anthomyia persepulta T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Apolysis magister A. L. Melander, 1946
Aporema praestrictum S. H. Scudder, 1890
Apsilocephala vagabunda T. D. A. Coc..., 1927
Archalia femorata F. M. Hull, 1945
Asilus amelanchieris Cockerell, 1911
Asilus curculionis Melander, 1947
Asilus florissantinus James, 1939
Asilus peritulus Cockerell, 1909
Asilus wickhami Cockerell, 1915
Atrichops hesperius T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Beris miocenica M. T. James, 1937
Cacogaster novamaculata F. M. Hull, 1945
Cacogaster novamaculatus Hull, 1945
Ceraturgus praecursor James, 1939
Cerodontha (Icteromyza) capitata Zetterstedt, 1848
Chaetopleurophora laminarum C. T. Brues, 1908
Cheilosia hecate Hull & Fluke, 1950
Cheilosia miocenica T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Cheilosia sepultula T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Chilosia miocenica Cockerell, 1909
Chrysogaster antiquaria F. M. Hull, 1945
Chrysogaster antiquarius Hull, 1945
Compsobata microfulcrum James, 1946
Comptosia miranda T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Cophura antiquella Cockerell, 1913
Cordilura exhumata T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Cyphomyia rohweri T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Desmatomyia scopulicornis T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Dialysis revelata T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Dioctria florissantina Cockerell, 1909
Dioctria pulveris Cockerell, 1917
Dioxyna sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Dioxyna picciola Bigot, 1857
Dolichomyia tertiaria T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Dolichomyia testea A. L. Melander, 1949
Elgiva connexa Steyskal, 1943
Elgiva solicita Harris, 1780
Empis florissantana T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Empis infossa A. L. Melander, 1949
Empis miocenica T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Empis perdita T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Euarestoides acutangulus Thomson, 1869
Eucallimyia fortis T. D. A. Coc..., 1911
Eumacronychia rohweri Allen, 1926
Eurithia anthophila Robineau-Des..., 1830
Geron platysoma T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Geronites stigmalis Cockerell, 1915
Glossina oligocena Scudder, 1892
Glossina oligocenus S. H. Scudder, 1892
Glossina osborni T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Glossina veterna Cockerell, 1916
Gymnopternus lacustris D. J. Bickel, 1995
Heteromyiella miocenica T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Heteromyza miocenica Cockerell, 1915
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) willistoni T. D. A. Coc..., 1910
Hirmoneura melanderi Cockerell, 1908
Hirmoneura occultator Cockerell, 1908
Hirmoneura vulcanica Cockerell, 1908
Hybomitra frontalis Walker, 1848Boreal Horse Fly
Lasiopa carpenteri M. T. James, 1937
Leptis mystaceaeformis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Leptogaster prior Melander, 1947
Lestomyia miocenica James, 1939
Leucozona nigra F. M. Hull, 1945
Limnia sandovalensis Fisher & Orth, 1978
Lithocosmus coquilletti Cockerell, 1909
Mecistoneuron perpetuum A. L. Melander, 1949
Megacosmus mirandus Cockerell, 1909
Melanagromyza prisca A. L. Melander, 1949
Melanagromyza tephrias A. L. Melander, 1949
Melanderella glossalis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Melieria atavina T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Melieria calligrapha A. L. Melander, 1949
Melieria ochricornis Loew, 1873
Microstylum destructum Cockerell, 1909
Microstylum wheeleri Cockerell, 1908
Moyamyia limigena A. L. Melander, 1949
Mycetaulus incretus A. L. Melander, 1949
Mydas miocenicus Cockerell, 1913
Nebritus willistoni A. L. Melander, 1949
Nemotelus prisculus
Neorhynchocephalus melanderi T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Neorhynchocephalus occultator T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Neorhynchocephalus vulcanicus T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Nicocles miocenicus Cockerell, 1909
Ophyra vetusta A. L. Melander, 1949
Oxycera contusa T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Oxycera rohweri Cockerell, 1916
Pachysomites inermis T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Pachysystropus condemnatus T. D. A. Coc..., 1910
Pachysystropus rohweri Cockerell, 1909
Palaeopherocera scudderi T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Palembolus florigerus Scudder, 1878
Paloestrus oligocenus Scudder, 1892
Paracosmus (Paracosmus) antiquus T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Paracosmus (Paracosmus) coquilletti T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Paracosmus (Paracosmus) palpalis T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Periscepsia (Ramonda) rohweri Townsend, 1915
Philonicus saxorum James, 1939
Phora cockerelli Brues, 1908
Phora laminarum Brues, 1908
Phora tumbae A. L. Melander, 1949
Pipiza melanderi F. M. Hull, 1945
Planocephalus aselloides S. H. Scudder, 1885
Platycheirus lethaeus A. L. Melander, 1949
Poecilognathus stigmalis T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Priabona florissantius F. M. Carpenter, 1939
Progloma rohweri M. T. James, 1937
Prosoeca (Palembolus) florigera S. H. Scudder, 1878
Protochrysotoxum sphinx F. M. Hull, 1945
Protonephrocerus florissantius Carpenter & ..., 1939
Pseudatrichia cockerelli Kelsey, 1969American nailwort
Psilocephala hypogaea Cockerell, 1909
Psilocephala scudderi (Cockerell, 1916)⇒ Palaeopherocera scudderi T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Rhagio fossitius A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhagio wheeleri A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia aeterna A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia craterae A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia fossa A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia hypolitha T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Rhamphomyia inanimata A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia infernalis A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia interita A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia morticina A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia senecta A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia sepulta T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Rhamphomyia spodites A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhamphomyia tumulata A. L. Melander, 1949
Rhingia zephyrea F. M. Hull, 1945
Rhingiopsis prisculus T. D. A. Coc..., 1910
Sapromyza veterana A. L. Melander, 1949
Saropogon oblitescens Cockerell, 1914
Sciomyza florissantensis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Senobasis borealis James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) antiquus M. T. James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) borealis James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) romeri Hull, 1958
Senoprosopis eureka Melander, 1949
Sepedon armipes Loew, 1859
Silvius merychippi T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Sphegina (Asiosphegina) obscura F. M. Hull, 1945
Spiniphora cockerelli C. T. Brues, 1908
Symphoromyia subtrita T. D. A. Coc..., 1911
Syrphus aphidopsidis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Syrphus carpenteri F. M. Hull, 1945
Syrphus petrographicus Hull, 1960
Syrphus platychiralis F. M. Hull, 1945
Syrphus willistoni (T. D. A. Coc..., 1909)⇒ Syrphus shorae Fluke, 1950
Tabanus hipparionis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Tabanus parahippi T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Tachypeza primitiva A. L. Melander, 1949
Taracticus contusus Cockerell, 1910
Taracticus hypogaeus Cockerell, 1909
Taracticus renovatus Cockerell, 1911
Tephritis araneosa Coquillett, 1894
Tetanocera (Chaetotetanocera) robusta Loew, 1847
Tetanocera (Tetanocera) fuscinervis Zetterstedt, 1838
Tetanocera (Tetanocera) latifibula Frey, 1924
Tetanocera arnaudi Orth & Fisher, 1982Red currant
Tetanocera plebeja Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Tetanocera plumosa Loew, 1847
Tetanocera spirifera Melander, 1920Hoary alyssum
Themira saxifica A. L. Melander, 1949
Tithonomyia atra A. L. Melander, 1949
Trixoscelis patefacta A. L. Melander, 1949
Trupanea radifera Coquillett, 1899
Urortalis caudatus T. D. A. Coc..., 1917
Verrallites cladurus T. D. A. Coc..., 1913
Villa setosa T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Xylomya inornata
Xylomyia moratula T. D. A. Coc..., 1914
Ylasoia secunda T. D. A. Coc..., 1911

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Florissant Fossil Beds
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
50
87
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
23
58
75
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
4
13
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
2
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Brachycera (Macquart 1834)
Brachycera (Macquart 1834)


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