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Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Wichita County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
78
213
256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
78
213
256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
69
199
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
47
146
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
6
8
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
4
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Wichita County (Texas)
4 Families width 9 Species
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies5SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies2SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae (Latreille, 1802)Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Wichita County (Texas)
6 Genera with 9 Species
Chrysops Meigen, 1821Deer flies3SpeciesTaxom
Jamesomyia Quisenberry, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Prolepsis Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Ptilocera Wiedemann, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1859Common horse flies2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wichita County (Texas)
9 Species
Chrysops flavidus Wiedemann, 1821Black raspberry
Chrysops pikei Whitney, 1904Hedge false bindweed
Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821Black-striped ear fly
Jamesomyia geminata Loew, 1862
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Prolepsis tristis Walker, 1851
Ptilocera melecta (Speiser, 1908)⇒ Isomerocera quadrilineata Fabricius, 1787
Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775Black horse fly
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859

Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Wichita County (Texas)
InfraorderAsilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderMuscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStratiomyomorpha
Wood, 1990
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
1
2
5
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