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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Lesbos (East Aegean Islands, Greece)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
68
183
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
68
183
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
63
173
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
44
144
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
5
23
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
4
21
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lesbos
4 Families width 33 Species
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies30SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lesbos
21 Genera with 33 Species
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Amictus Wiedemann, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1859Charcoal Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Aphanotrigonum Duda, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1796Greater Bee Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Chalcochiton Loew, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Cyllenia Latreille, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 18053SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hemipenthes Loew, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Lomatia Meigen, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Merodon Meigen, 1929Narcissus bulb fly1SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Phthiria Meigen, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Prorachthes Loew, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tachina Meigen, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 17611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lesbos
33 Species
Amictus pictus Loew, 1869
Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859
Bombylella atra Scopoli, 1763
Bombylisoma flavibarbum Loew, 1855
Bombylius (Bombylius) canescens Mikan, 1796Western bee-fly
Bombylius (Bombylius) cinerascens Mikan, 1796
Bombylius (Bombylius) venosus Mikan, 1796
Chalcochiton pallasii Loew, 1856
Cyllenia rustica Rossi, 1790
Exhyalanthrax argentifer Becker, 1916
Exhyalanthrax melanchlaenus Loew, 1867
Exhyalanthrax muscarius Pallas, 1818
Exoprosopa baccha (Loew, 1869)⇒ Exoprosopa pandora Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa onusta Walker, 1852
Exoprosopa pandora Fabricius, 1805
Geron olivierii Macquart, 1840
Hemipenthes velutina Meigen, 1820
Lomatia erynnis Loew, 1869
Lomatia polyzona Loew, 1869
Merodon spinitarsis Paramonov, 1929
Petrorossia hespera Rossi, 1790
Phthiria subnitens Loew, 1846
Phthiria umbripennis Loew, 1846
Phthiria vagans Loew, 1846
Prorachthes ledereri Loew, 1869
Tachina (Eudoromyia) fera Linnaeus, 1761
Thyridanthrax elegans Wiedemann, 1820
Thyridanthrax mutilus Loew, 1869
Villa fasciculata Becker, 1916
Villa hottentotta (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Villa modesta Meigen, 1820
Villa modesta Meigen, 1820Dune villa
Villa senecio Loew, 1869
Volucella zonaria Poda, 1761Belted Hoverfly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Lesbos
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
17
30
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
3
4
3
Families
Genera
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