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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Mesozoic (Phanerozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1017
3496
5650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1014
3490
5645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
880
3220
5265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
469
1975
3397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
126
475
898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
51
160
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mesozoic
10 Families width 254 Species
Archisargidae Rohdendorf, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Atelestidae Hennig, 19709SpeciesTaxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973Athericid flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834Tangle-veined flies3SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802Snipe flies12SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Mesozoic
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
17
68
94
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
18
47
79
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
5
20
32
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
6
7
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyArchisargidae
Rohdendorf, 1962
2
2
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