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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Taita-Taveta County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
81
252
319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
60
225
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
13
25
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
9
18
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taita-Taveta County
9 Families width 18 Species
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies5SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies3SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Taita-Taveta County
18 Genera with 18 Species
Bombylisoma Rondani, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1794Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Fulgenta1SpeciesTaxom
Hemigymnochaeta Corti, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaea Fallen, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Mesembrius Rondani, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 1992
Millipede-killing Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Pachylophus Loew, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Philoliche Wiedemann, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Phytomia Guérin-Ménev..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Rhinomusca Malloch, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Senaspis Macquart, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1912Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 19241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taita-Taveta County
18 Species
Bombylisoma simba Bowden, 1973
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794Blow fly
Dacus (Dacus) punctatifrons Karsch, 1887
Dacus (Didacus) frontalis Becker, 1922Greater melon fly
Fulgenta longicerca MacGowan, 2005
Hemigymnochaeta varia Hough, 1898
Lonchaea taita MacGowan, 2018
Mesembrius caffer Loew, 1858
Pachylophus proximus Adams, 1905
Paragus auritus Stuckenberg, 1954
Paragus capricorni Stuckenberg, 1954
Philoliche (Stenophara) distincta Ricardo, 1908
Phytomia incisa Wiedemann, 1830
Rhinomusca brucei Malloch, 1932
Senaspis haemorrhoa Gerstaecker, 1871
Tabanus distinctus (Ricardo, 1908)⇒ Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842
Tabanus pertinens Austen, 1912
Thyridanthrax incipiens Bezzi, 1924

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Taita-Taveta County
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
7
14
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
1
2
3
Family
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