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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Prairie (Delaware County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
67
156
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
67
156
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
63
152
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
53
121
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
7
9
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
5
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
5 Families width 4 Species
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies2SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies0SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
6 Genera with 4 Species
Apallates Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerodontha Rondani, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Pollenia Robineau-Des..., 1834Attic flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
4 Species
Cerodontha (Cerodontha) dorsalis Loew, 1863Grass sheathminer
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Pollenia pediculata (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Polleniinae pediculata Macquart, 1834
Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758Common Flower Fly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Prairie (Delaware County Iowa)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
5
4
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