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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
83
184
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
83
184
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
78
169
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
63
141
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
12
16
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
8
11
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lancaster County (Virginia)
8 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
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lancaster County (Virginia)
11 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
Megaselia Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Philygria Stenhammar, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopterum Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomyia Zenker, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for 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 County (Virginia)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
5
7
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