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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Unity (Piatt County, Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
32
40
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
32
40
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
32
40
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
28
36
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
9
9
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Unity (Piatt County)
7 Families width 4 Species
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies0SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies0SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840Heleomyzid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Scathophagidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Dung flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Unity (Piatt County)
7 Genera with 4 Species
Cerodontha Rondani, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1823
Fruit fly0SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Oecothea Curtis, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Scathophaga Meigen, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 1810
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Unity (Piatt County)
4 Species
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Musca (Eumusca) autumnalis De Geer, 1776Autumn fly
Scathophaga furcata Say, 1823
Scathophaga stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758Common Yellow Dung-fly

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Unity (Piatt County)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
6
6
3
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