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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Melville Island (Tiwi Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
80
219
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
80
219
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
72
191
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
52
145
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
6
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melville Island
5 Families width 10 Species
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies5SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies2SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom
Therevidae Newman, 1834Stiletto flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melville Island
9 Genera with 10 Species
Bactrocera Macquart, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Ceriana Rafinesque, 1845Wasp-mimicking Hover Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Dasybasis Macquart, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Hemiristina Permkam & Ha..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nanexila Winterton & ..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Paraceratitella Hardy, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1826Common horse flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melville Island
10 Species
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) aquilonis May, 1965Northern Territory fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) opiliae Drew & Hardy, 1981False oriental fruit fly
Ceriana (Ceriana) ornata Saunders, 1845Honey fly
Dacus (Didacus) hardyi Drew, 1979
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) angusticallus Ricardo, 1917
Hemiristina pleomeles Permkam & Ha..., 1995
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Nanexila spilotis Winterton & ..., 1999
Paraceratitella eurycephala Hardy, 1967
Tabanus cinerescens MacLeay, 1826

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Melville Island
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
2
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
1
2
2
Family
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