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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Staten Island (Richmond County, New York, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
70
195
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
70
195
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
66
189
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
50
164
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
8
10
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
7
8
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Staten Island
7 Families width 11 Species
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xylophagidae Fallen, 1810Awl-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies4SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies2SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835Window Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Staten Island
8 Genera with 11 Species
Angustia Sellers, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Dialysis Walker, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1916Fruit fly4SpeciesTaxom
Hartigia Schiodte, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Hemigymnochaeta Corti, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Mydas Fabricius, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Ravinia Robineau-Des..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinus Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Staten Island
11 Species
Angustia angustivitta Aldrich & We..., 1924
Dialysis elongata Say, 1823
Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans Sturtevant, 1919Apaac
Drosophila falleni Wheeler, 1960
Drosophila neotestacea Grimaldi, Ja..., 1992
Drosophila robusta Sturtevant, 1916Mexican buckeye
Hartigia trimaculata Say, 1824Rose Shoot Sawfly
Hemigymnochaeta candacia Lehrer, 2007
Mydas clavatus Drury, 1773Mydas Fly
Ravinia querula Walker, 1849
Scenopinus fenestralis Linnaeus, 1758House windowfly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Staten Island
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
5
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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