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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Torridon (Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
22
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
22
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
18
31
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
18
31
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
5
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
4
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Torridon
4 Families width 9 Species
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies4SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae (Robineau-Des..., 1830)Bristle Flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Torridon
7 Genera with 9 Species
Chrysogaster Meigen, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Haematobosca Bezzi, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1758Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Phryxe Robineau-Des..., 18382SpeciesTaxom
Tachina Meigen, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Xylota Meigen, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Torridon
9 Species
Chrysogaster hirtella (Loew, 1843)⇒ Melanogaster hirtella Loew, 1843
Haematobosca stimulans Meigen, 1824Cattle biting fly
Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Phryxe longicauda (Wainwright, 1940)⇒ Phryxe magnicornis Zetterstedt, 1838
Phryxe magnicornis Zetterstedt, 1838
Tachina (Eudoromyia) magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1844)⇒ Phryxe magnicornis Zetterstedt, 1838
Xylota (Ameroxylota) jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Torridon
InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
4
7
9
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