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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Okinawa Islands (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
300
2213
3026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1827
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
35
174
311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
26
93
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Okinawa Islands
26 Families width 120 Species
#RTSABHCDMPX
Rhinophoridae Robineau-Des..., 1863Woodlouse flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies15SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies14SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies21SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies3SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies5SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies3SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies9SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies5SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies18SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Megamerinidae Hendel, 1913Megamerinid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Canaceidae Jones, 1906Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae (Macquart, 1834)Flesh flies0SpeciesTaxom
Diopsidae Billberg, 1820Stalk-eyed flies0SpeciesTaxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973Athericid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies2SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteiidae Hardy, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Okinawa Islands
93 Genera with 120 Species
#ABCDEGHJLMNOPRSTXZ
Acompomintho Villeneuve, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Acrotaeniostola Hendel, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Allobaccha Curran, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1875
Stripetails0SpeciesTaxom
Ammophilomima Enderlein, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1805Charcoal Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Astiosoma Duda, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 19686SpeciesTaxom
Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1758Greater Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitella Malloch, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Chalcidomorphina Enderlein, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Cheilosia Meigen, 1894Blacklets1SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Chromatomyia Hardy, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1794Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotoxum Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Colocasiomyia Rondani, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Comptosia Macquart, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Dicolonus Loew, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Dicranosepsis Duda, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1965Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Drymeia Meigen, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Episyrphus Matsumura, 1776Hover Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Eristalinus Rondani, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Graphomya Robineau-Des..., 19181SpeciesTaxom
Gymnodia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Jeannelopsis Seguy, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1914Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Leucophenga Mik, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Liodrosophila Duda, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Liriomyza Mik, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 1975
0SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Medinodexia Townsend, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Megamerina Rondani, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19676SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Merodontina Enderlein, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Milesia Latreille, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Morellia Robineau-Des..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Mycodrosophila Oldenberg, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Neomyia Walker, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Nocticanace Malloch, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821
0SpeciesTaxom
Orchisia Rondani, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Orophotus Becker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Paradichosia Sen.-White, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Paragastrozona Shiraki, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Philophylla Rondani, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Phortica Schiner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Phytomia Guérin-Ménev..., 17872SpeciesTaxom
Plastophora Brues, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Pliomelaena Bezzi, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1887Giant Robber Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Prospherysa Wulp, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Ptecticus Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Pullimosina Rohá& 269;ek, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pygophora Schiner, 18596SpeciesTaxom
Rhinia Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Scedella Munro, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Sepedon Latreille, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Sinonipponia Rohdendorf, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphyracephala Say, 1828
0SpeciesTaxom
Spiniphora Malloch, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Stomorhina Rondani, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Stomoxys Geoffroy, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Suragina Walker, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1967Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom
Thyrsocnema Enderlein, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Trupanea Schrank, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Xenasteia Hardy, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Zengodanus1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Islands
120 Species
Acompomintho lobata Villeneuve, 1927
Acrotaeniostola flavoscutellata Shiraki, 1933
Allobaccha (Allobaccha) apicalis Loew, 1858
Allobaccha amphithoe Walker, 1849
Ammophilomima rikioi Kuroda & Ohishi, 2019
Anthrax aygulus Fabricius, 1805
Astiosoma okinawae Sabrosky, 1957
Astochia philus Walker, 1849
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) diospyri Drew, 1989
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) hyalina Shiraki, 1933
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) iriomotiae Drew & Romig, 2013
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) ishigakiensis Shiraki, 1968
Basilia astochia Peterson & Maa, 1970
Bombylius (Bombylius) major Linnaeus, 1758Bee fly
Ceratitella sobrina Zia, 1937
Chalcidomorphina planes James, 1967Hester's cory cactus
Cheilosia (Convocheila) hypena Becker, 1894
Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851)⇒ Phytomyza horticola Goureau, 1851
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Chrysotoxum testaceum Sack, 1913
Clinopogon sauteri Bezzi, 1910
Colocasiomyia xenalocasiae Okada, 1980
Comptosia mallota Yeates, 1991
Cophinopoda chinensis Fabricius, 1794
Cophinopoda oldroydi Tsacas & Art..., 1994
Damalis vitripennis Osten-sacken, 1882
Dicolonus argentatus Matsumura, 1916
Dicranosepsis javanica Meijere, 1904
Dicranosepsis revocans Walker, 1860
Dicranosepsis transita Ozerov, 1997
Drosophila (Sophophora) lacteicornis Okada, 1965
Drymeia aldrichi Malloch, 1918
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) balteatus Geer, 1776Marmalade Fly
Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) arvorum Fabricius, 1787Syrphid fly
Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) quinquestriatus Fabricius, 1794
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) corollae Fabricius, 1794Vagrant Hoverfly
Eupeodes (Macrosyrphus) confrater Wiedemann, 1830
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Graphomya rufitibia Stein, 1918
Gymnodia flexa Wiedemann, 1830
Hercostomus flavipalpus Negrobov, Ku..., 0
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Jeannelopsis aneura Tsacas, 1990
Laphria remota Hermann, 1914
Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett, 1899
Leptogaster pilosella Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster spinulosa (Meijere, 1914)⇒ Leptogaster koshunensis Oldroyd, 1975
Leptogaster trimucronotata Hermann, 1917
Leucophenga ornata Wheeler, 1959
Ligyra tantalus Fabricius, 1794
Liodrosophila rugulosa Meijere, 1914
Liriomyza brassicae Riley, 1885Cabbage leaf miner
Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, 1938Cabbage leaf miner
Liriomyza trifolii Burgess, 1880American serpentine leaf miner
Maira aterrima Harmann, 1914
Medinodexia japonica Tachi & Huang, 2019
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia apposita Brues, 1936
Megaselia araneivora Goto, 1985
Megaselia crocea Borgmeier, 1967
Megaselia laxa Borgmeier, 1967
Megaselia nesiotica Borgmeier, 1967
Megaselia setipennis Borgmeier, 1967
Melanagromyza shirakii Sasakawa, 1997
Merodontina silvatica Haupt & Azuma, 1998
Milesia elegans (Matsumura, 1916)⇒ Milesia fissipennis Speiser, 1911
Milesia fissipennis Speiser, 1911
Milesia yaeyamana Matsumura, 1916
Morellia hortensia Wiedemann, 1824
Musca (Byomya) conducens Walker, 1859
Musca (Byomya) sorbens Wiedemann, 1830
Mycodrosophila (Mycodrosophila) wassermani Wheeler & Ta..., 1964
Mycodrosophila subgratiosa Okada, 1965
Neoitamus fertilis Becker, 1925
Neomyia coeruleifrons Macquart, 1851
Neomyia indica Robineau-Des..., 1830
Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Nocticanace peculiaris Malloch, 1933
Orchisia costata Meigen, 1826
Orophotus univittatus Becker, 1925
Paragastrozona tripunctata Shiraki, 1968
Phalacrotophora triciliata Borgmeier, 1967
Philophylla okinawaensis Shiraki, 1968
Phortica magna Okada, 1960
Phytomia (Phytomia) errans Fabricius, 1787
Phytomia (Phytomia) zonata Fabricius, 1787
Plastophora conferta Borgmeier, 1967
Pliomelaena assimilis Shiraki, 1968
Promachus indigenus Becker, 1925
Promachus yesonicus Bigot, 1887Shioya-abu
Prospherysa mimela Reinhard, 1953
Ptecticus tenebrifer Walker, 1849
Pullimosina ryukyuensis Hayashi, 2006
Pygophora confusa Stein, 1915
Pygophora immaculipennis Frey, 1917
Pygophora lepidofera Stein, 1915
Pygophora longicornis Stein, 1918
Pygophora maculipennis Stein, 1909
Pygophora respondens Walker, 1859Muscid fly
Rhinia obsoleta Wiedemann, 1830
Scaptodrosophila scutellimargo Duda, 1924
Scedella cyana Walker, 1849
Scedella formosella Hendel, 1915
Scylaticus sayano Nagatomi, 1983
Sepedon aenescens Wiedemann, 1830Marsh fly
Sepsis coprophila Meijere, 1906
Sepsis nitens Wiedemann, 1824
Spiniphora okinawa Borgmeier, 1962
Stomorhina discolor Fabricius, 1794
Stomoxys indicus Picard, 1908
Stomoxys uruma Shinonaga & ..., 1966
Suragina yaeyamana Nagatomi, 1979
Tabanus chrysurus Loew, 1858
Tabanus xerodes Philip, 1967
Trupanea okinawaensis Shiraki, 1968
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881
Xenasteia okinawaensis Hardy, 1980
Zengodanus ishigakiensis

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Okinawa Islands
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
26
26
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
20
62
88
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
2
4
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



Brachycera (Macquart 1834)
Brachycera (Macquart 1834)


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Brachycera at artfakta.se
Brachycera at dyntaxa.se
Brachycera at itis.gov
Brachycera at marinespecies.org