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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Lancaster (Lancaster County, Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
54
108
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
54
108
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
49
98
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
41
82
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
8
11
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
7
10
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lancaster (Lancaster County Virginia)
7 Families width 7 Species
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae (Latreille, 1802)Breeze flies1SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies3SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lancaster (Lancaster County Virginia)
10 Genera with 7 Species
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1758Greater Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1838Deer flies1SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1823Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Lynchia Weyenbergh, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Malloewia Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Philygria Stenhammar, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopterum Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomyia Zenker, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lancaster (Lancaster County Virginia)
7 Species
Bombylius (Bombylius) major Linnaeus, 1758Bee fly
Chrysops niger (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Chrysops caecutiens Linnaeus, 1758
Holcocephala abdominalis Say, 1823
Leptogaster flavipes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster incisuralis Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Lynchia americana Leach, 1817
Philygria debilis Loew, 1861Brine fly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Lancaster (Lancaster County Virginia)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
6
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Brachycera (Macquart 1834)
Brachycera (Macquart 1834)


Links, sources and further information
Brachycera at artfakta.se
Brachycera at dyntaxa.se
Brachycera at itis.gov
Brachycera at marinespecies.org