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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Mascarene Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
73
169
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
72
168
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
71
167
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
37
107
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
7
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
7
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mascarene Islands
7 Families width 10 Species
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Therevidae Newman, 1834Stiletto flies2SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mascarene Islands
9 Genera with 10 Species
Cacoxenus Loew, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Craterophorus Lamb, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Irwiniella Lyneborg, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Odontomyia Meigen, 1926Green Soldier Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mascarene Islands
10 Species
Cacoxenus (Gitonides) polyodous Tsacas & Cha..., 1999
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) catoirii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Grass fern
Chrysosoma leucopogon Wiedemann, 1824
Clinopogon nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Craterophorus currani Grichanov, 1998
Geron umbripennis Bezzi, 1924
Irwiniella bezzii Lyneborg, 1976
Irwiniella maritima Bezzi & Lamb, 1926
Odontomyia nigrinervis Bezzi, 1926
Sympycnus albipes Lamb, 1926

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Mascarene Islands
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
4
6
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
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