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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Portland (Sumner County, Tennessee, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
68
196
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
68
196
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
63
187
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
49
163
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
8
14
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Portland (Sumner County Tennessee)
5 Families width 10 Species
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies2SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910Aphid flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Portland (Sumner County Tennessee)
10 Genera with 10 Species
Aplomya Robineau-Des..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Eristalis Latreille, 1758Rat-tailed maggots1SpeciesTaxom
Eurosta Loew, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Eutreta Loew, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Leucopis Meigen, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Peleteria Robineau-Des..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 1762
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portland (Sumner County Tennessee)
10 Species
Aplomya lycaena Curran, 1927
Cerotainia macrocera Say, 1823
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758Common Drone Fly
Eurosta solidaginis Fitch, 1855Goldenrod gall fly
Eutreta (Eutreta) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855
Leucopis (Leucopis) argenticollis Zetterstedt, 1848Nuttall's linanthus
Leucopis piniperda Malloch, 1921Paha
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Peleteria (Oxydosphyria) iterans Walker, 1849Repetitive Tachinid Fly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Portland (Sumner County Tennessee)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
8
8
Families
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