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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Tocantins (North Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
87
298
424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
87
298
424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
82
291
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
48
203
306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
11
31
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
8
16
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tocantins
8 Families width 16 Species
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies4SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies1SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies3SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies0SpeciesTaxom
Ropalomeridae Linder, 1930Ropalomerid flies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tocantins
16 Genera with 16 Species
Apocephalus Coquillett, 2000Ant-decapitating Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Atonia Williston, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Cheiromyia Dyte, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Copestylum Macquart, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Neodohrniphora Malloch, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Nyssomyia Hull, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Palaeosepsis Duda, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalomera Agassiz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Surimyia Reemer, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1942Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom
Toxomerus Macquart, 1855
Calligrapher Flies0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tocantins
16 Species
Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier, 1928
Apocephalus vicosae Disney & Bra..., 2000
Atonia ancylocera Schiner, 1868
Cheiromyia brevitarsis Brooks, 2010
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis pachymerina Schiner, 1868
Leucotabanus exaestuans Linnaeus, 1758
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris Loew, 1866Coffin fly
Neodohrniphora curvinervis Malloch, 1914
Neodohrniphora erthali Brown, 2001
Nyssomyia antunesi Coutinho, 1939
Nyssomyia whitmani Antunes & Co..., 1939
Ocyptamus (Ocyptamus) antiphates Walker, 1849
Tabanus palpalis (Brèthes, 1910)⇒ Tabanus trinominatus Senior-White, 1927
Tabanus restrepoensis Fairchild, 1942

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Tocantins
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
9
6
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