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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region West Guatemala (Guatemala)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
245
1392
1801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
244
1391
1801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
232
1351
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
171
1179
1587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
132
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
25
100
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Guatemala
25 Families width 85 Species
#PTASDBMEOCUH
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies7SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies7SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies1SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae Kolenati, 1863Bat flies3SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies3SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834Flesh flies5SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies9SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies5SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies3SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835Dung flies2SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae (Brauer & Ber..., 1889)Blow flies4SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies3SpeciesTaxom
Ulidiidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmidae Williston, 1906Timber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds7SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Guatemala
100 Genera with 85 Species
#ABCDEGHJLMNOPRSTVX
Acanthophorides Lacordaire, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Acinia Robineau-Des..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Acontistoptera Brues, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Agromyza Fallen, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Anastrepha Schiner, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 1993Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Aspidoptera Coquillett, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Asyndetus Loew, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Boettcheria Parker, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Brachyanax Evenhuis, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Chetogena Brauer & von..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Chortinus Aldrich, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1939Deer flies1SpeciesTaxom
Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1929Long-Legged Fly1SpeciesTaxom
Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Cremersia Schmitz, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Dictya Meigen, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Diplonevra Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1981Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Dyctia Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecitophora Schmitz, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecitoptera Borgmeier & ..., 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Erichsonia Santos-Silva..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Esenbeckia Rondani, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Euarestoides Benjamin, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Eumacronychia Townsend, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eumecosomyia Hendel, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Euoestropsis Townsend, 01SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Guatemalia Steyskal, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Helina Robineau-Des..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Hilarigona Collin, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Himantigera James, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1861Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Joblingia Dybas & Wenzel, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lecanocerus Borgmeier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Limomyza Marshall, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Lioscinella Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Lucilia Robineau-Des..., 1819Greenbottle Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lydinolydella Townsend, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Melaloncha Brues, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Merosargus Loew, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Mesograpta Loew, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Myolepta Newman, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Myriophora Brown, 2015Millipede-killing Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosicarius Borgmeier, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoacanthoneura Hendel, 03SpeciesTaxom
Neodohrniphora Malloch, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Pantophthalmus Thunberg, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Parabombylius Williston, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Paraclius Loew, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichobius Lima, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Paravilla Painter, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Phora Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Polionota Wulp, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Protodictya Malloch, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907Fire Ant Decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Ravinia Robineau-Des..., 18611SpeciesTaxom
Rudolfina Rohá& 269;ek, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1908Common Flesh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sargus Fabricius, 1798
0SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Speiseria Kessel, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Stichillus Enderlein, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Strebla Wiedemann, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Syneura Brues, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Systropus Wiedemann, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1859Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Trichobioides Wenzel, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Trichobius Gervais, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Triphleba Rondani, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Trophodeinus Borgmeier, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Volucella Geoffroy, 1762
0SpeciesTaxom
Xanthandrus Verrall, 01SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Guatemala
85 Species
Acinia picturata Snow, 1894Sourbush seed fly
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Agromyza oralis Frost, 1936
Anastrepha serpentina Wiedemann, 1830Dark fruit fly
Apocephalus curtus Brown, 1993
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Aspidoptera delatorrei Wenzel, 1966
Asyndetus interruptus Loew, 1861
Boettcheria styx Pape & Dahlem, 1998
Brachyanax hemipenthes Evenhuis, 1988
Chetogena (Chetogena) scutellaris Wulp, 1890
Chortinus bequaerti Aldrich, 1932
Chrysops chiriquensis Fairchild, 1939
Clistoabdominalis condylostylus Skevington, 2001
Condylostylus semiciliatus Van Duzee, 1929
Coniceromyia striativena Borgmeier, 1963
Cyphomyia simplex Walker, 1860Mexican whorled milkweed
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) deliciae Fiarchild & ..., 1960
Dictya neffi Steyskal, 1960
Drosophila (Sophophora) sycophila Tsacas, 1981
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Erichsonia dentifrons Westwood, 1849
Esenbeckia (Ricardoa) yepocapa Fairchild, 1951
Euarestoides dreisbachi Foote, 1958Macmillan's fontinalis moss
Eumacronychia sternalis Allen, 1926
Eumecosomyia hambletoni Steyskal, 1966
Euoestropsis guatemalensis
Guatemalia steaminata Wulp, 1897
Helina altica Wang, Xue & ..., 2005
Hermetia anthidium James & Wirth, 1967Hester's cory cactus
Hilarigona brachygastra Philippi, 1865
Himantigera nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847
Holcocephala deltoidea Bellardi, 1861
Joblingia schmidti Dybas & Wenzel, 1947
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Lecanocerus compressiceps Borgmeier, 1962
Limomyza sharkeyi Marshall, 1997
Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Neomyia lauta Wiedemann, 1830
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia rubronigra Borgmeier, 1962
Merosargus mirabilis James, 1971
Merosargus pictithorax Curran, 1933
Mesembrinella bicolor Fabricius, 1893
Mesembrinella formosa Aldrich, 1932
Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861)⇒ Mesembrinella bicolor Fabricius, 1893
Myolepta mada Reemer & Hauser, 2005
Myriophora longisetarum Hash & Brown, 2015
Myriophora smithi Hash & Brown, 2015
Neoacanthoneura apicalis Kameneva, 0
Neoacanthoneura dryas Kameneva, 0
Neoacanthoneura euphrantina Kameneva, 0
Neolophonotus zopherus Londt, 1986
Ocyptamus megafemur Thompson, 2018
Pantophthalmus planiventris Wiedemann, 1821
Parabombylius syrinx Evenhuis, 1980
Paraclius albisignatus Parent, 1928
Paratrichobius dunni Curran, 1935
Philonicus tuxpanganus Bellardi, 1862
Poecilanthrax arethusa Osten Sacken, 1886
Polionota kohnae Norrbom, 1988
Polionota reedae Norrbom, 1988
Protodictya nubilipennis Wulp, 1897
Pseudacteon crawfordi Coquillett, 1907Ant parasite
Ravinia effrenata Walker, 1861
Rudolfina exuberata Paiero & Mar..., 2020
Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) metopina Villeneuve, 1908
Silvius atitlanensis Hays, 1960
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) littoreus Hine, 1907
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Strebla hertigi Wenzel, 1966
Systropus xanthinus Painter & Pa..., 1963
Tabanus guatemalanus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus littoreus (Hine, 1907)⇒ Stenotabanus littoreus Hine, 1907
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tephritis conura Loew, 1844
Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker, 1860Papaya fruit fly
Trichobioides perspicillatus Pessoa & Galvao, 1937
Trichobius costalimai Guimaraes, 1938
Trichobius diphyllae Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius dugesiodes Wenzel, 1966
Trichobius major Coquillett, 1899
Trichobius sparsus Kessel, 1925
Xanthandrus vittithorax
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in West Guatemala
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
4
21
17
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
18
66
53
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
2
6
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
1
7
9
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