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Checklist for Tribe Cerioidini Wahlgren, 1909
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
98
3054
20697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
76
2097
11896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
256
1805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
145
1200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly
129
982
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEristalinae
Newman, 1834
67
623
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCerioidini
Wahlgren, 1909
4
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
4 Genera with 42 Species
Ceriana Rafinesque, 1804Wasp-mimicking Hover Flies38SpeciesTaxom
Monoceromyia Shannon, 01SpeciesTaxom
Polybiomyia Shannon, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Sphiximorpha Rondani, 18071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
42 Species
Ceriana (Ceriana) brunnea Hull, 1944
Ceriana (Monoceromyia) gloriosa Hull, 1944
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) gambiana Saunders, 1845
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) globigaster Hull, 1944
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) marginalis Bezzi, 1915
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) minuta Hull, 1944
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) neavei Bezzi, 1915
Ceriana (Sphiximorpha) subcastanea Brunetti, 1929
Ceriana afra Wiedemann, 1830
Ceriana africana Hull, 1944
Ceriana ammophilina Speiser, 1910
Ceriana aurata Curran, 1927
Ceriana bequaerti Curran, 1938
Ceriana bezzii Herve-Bazin, 1913
Ceriana brunneipennis Loew, 1858
Ceriana caffra Loew, 1853
Ceriana congolensis Bezzi, 1908
Ceriana conopsoides Linnaeus, 1758
Ceriana delicatula Hull, 1941
Ceriana dentipes Doesburg, 1955
Ceriana dilatipes Brunetti, 1929
Ceriana dirickxi Thompson, 2013
Ceriana divisa Walker, 1857
Ceriana frenata Loew, 1853
Ceriana hopei Saunders, 1845
Ceriana katoniana Bezzi, 1921
Ceriana maculipennis Herve-Bazin, 1913
Ceriana madecassa Keiser, 1971
Ceriana malleus Hull, 1945
Ceriana pulchra Herve-Bazin, 1913
Ceriana rufifrons Curran, 1927
Ceriana speiseri Herve-Bazin, 1913
Ceriana subsessilis Illiger, 1807
Ceriana swierstrai Doesburg, 1955
Ceriana ugandana Kertesz, 1913
Ceriana unipunctata Doesburg, 1956
Ceriana varipes Curran, 1927
Ceriana vespiformis Latreille, 1804
Monoceromyia superba
Polybiomyia bergrothi Williston, 1892
Polybiomyia pedicellata Williston, 1887
Sphiximorpha subsessilis Illiger, 1807


Links, sources and further information
Cerioidini at artfakta.se
Cerioidini at dyntaxa.se
Cerioidini at itis.gov