Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Plain (Houston County, Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 54
84
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 54
84
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 52
82
52 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 43
67
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 16
25
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 10
15
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Plain (Texas)
10 Families width 11 Species | Asilidae Latreille, 1802 | Assassin flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840 | Chloropid flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823 | Leaf miner flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889 | Blow flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856 | Fruit flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syrphidae Latreille, 1802 | Drone flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861 | Lance Flies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phoridae Curtis, 1833 | Coffin Flies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Dung flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sepsidae Walker, 1833 | Black scavenger flies | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Plain (Texas)
15 Genera with 11 Species | Apoclea Macquart, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calamoncosis Enderlein, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerodontha Rondani, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cynomya Robineau-Des..., 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drosophila Fallen, 1916 | Fruit fly | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elachiptera Macquart, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippelates Lioy, 1940 | Eye flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lonchaea Fallen, 1820 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Megaselia Rondani, 1856 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Olcella Enderlein, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Phora Latreille, 1796 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pollenia Robineau-Des..., 1794 | Attic flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scathophaga Meigen, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sepsis Fallen, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Plain (Texas)
11 Species | Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856 | | | Calamoncosis (Calamoncosis) oscinella Becker, 1910 | | | Cerodontha (Cerodontha) dorsalis Loew, 1863 | Grass sheathminer | | Cynomya cadaverina Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Carolina vetch | | Drosophila affinis Sturtevant, 1916 | | | Elachiptera nigriceps Loew, 1863 | | | Eupeodes (Eupeodes) latifasciatus Macquart, 1829 | Variable Aphideater | | Hippelates nabis Seguy, 1940 | | | Pollenia rudis Fabricius, 1794 | Awkward Clusterfly | | Scathophaga stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Yellow Dung-fly | | Sepsis biflexuosa Strobl, 1893 | Black scavenger fly |
Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Plain (Texas)
 | | Brachycera (Macquart 1834) |
Links, sources and further information Brachycera at artfakta.se
Brachycera at dyntaxa.se
Brachycera at itis.gov
Brachycera at marinespecies.org
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