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Taxonomy of Genus Chelifera Macquart, 1823


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
178
15959
203753
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
23
2934
49726
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
7
999
22147
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
296
5363
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
20
782
Genera
Species
TribeHemerodromiini
Schiner, 1862
9
424
Genera
Species
GenusChelifera
Macquart, 1823
108Species
Subnodes of Chelifera Macquart, 1823
SpeciesChelifera accomodata Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera acutata Wang, Lin & Yang, 2021
SpeciesChelifera alpina Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera angusta Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera apicata Collin, 1928
SpeciesChelifera astigma Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera bakra Smith, 1965
SpeciesChelifera banksi Melander, 1947
SpeciesChelifera banski Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera barbarica Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera berdeni Vaillant, 1978  ⇒ Chelifera giraudae
SpeciesChelifera bidenta Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera brevidigitata Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera brevis Wang, Lin & Yang, 2021
SpeciesChelifera caliga Lavallee, 1975
Waterworts
SpeciesChelifera caudata Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera chvalai Wagner, 1984
SpeciesChelifera circinata Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera cirrata Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera concinnicauda Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera corsicana Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera curvata Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera defecta Loew, 1862
Butte County checkerbloom, Butte County sidalcea
SpeciesChelifera detestata F. Meunier, 1908
SpeciesChelifera digitata Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera diversicauda Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera emeishanica Horvat, 2002
SpeciesChelifera ensifera Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera erecta Collin, 1927  ⇒ Chelifera stigmatica
SpeciesChelifera fascipennis Meijere, 1913
SpeciesChelifera flavella Zetterstedt, 1838  ⇒ Chelifera trapezina
SpeciesChelifera fontanalis Miller, 1923
SpeciesChelifera fontinalis Miller, 1923
SpeciesChelifera freemanni Vaillant, 1978
SpeciesChelifera frigelii Zetterstedt, 1838
SpeciesChelifera fumipennis Collin, 1933
SpeciesChelifera giraudae Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera haeselbarthae Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera horvati Ivković & Sinclair, 2017
SpeciesChelifera incisa Saigusa & Yang, 2003
SpeciesChelifera insueta Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera khemisiana Vaillant & Gagneur, 1998
SpeciesChelifera knutsoni Lavallee, 1975  ⇒ Chelifera defecta
SpeciesChelifera kozaneki Wagner, 2003
SpeciesChelifera lapponica Frey, 1950  ⇒ Chelifera concinnicauda
SpeciesChelifera lateralis Yang & Yang, 1995
SpeciesChelifera liuae Wang, Yan & Yang, 2014
SpeciesChelifera lovetti Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera macedonica Wagner & Niesiolowski, 1987
SpeciesChelifera malickyi Horvat, 2002
SpeciesChelifera mana Lavallee, 1975
Waterworts
SpeciesChelifera mantiformis Cuvier, 1795
SpeciesChelifera melanocephala Haliday, 1833
SpeciesChelifera meridionalis Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera monostigma Meigen, 1822
SpeciesChelifera multidenta Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera multiseta Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera multisetoides Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera nanlingensis Yang, Grootaert & Horvat, 2005
SpeciesChelifera neangusta Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera notata Loew, 1862
SpeciesChelifera nubecula Becker, 1908
SpeciesChelifera obscura Vaillant, 1968
SpeciesChelifera obsoleta Loew, 1862
SpeciesChelifera obtusa Wang, Lin & Yang, 2021
SpeciesChelifera occidentalis Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera ornamenta Horvat, 2002
SpeciesChelifera pallida Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera palloris Coquillett, 1895
SpeciesChelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
SpeciesChelifera perlucida Niesiolowski, 1986
SpeciesChelifera polonica Wagner & Niesiolowski, 1987
SpeciesChelifera praecatoria Fallén, 1815
SpeciesChelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
SpeciesChelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
SpeciesChelifera prectoria Fallen, 1816
SpeciesChelifera pyrenaica Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera raptor Macquart, 1823  ⇒ Chelifera monostigma
SpeciesChelifera rastrifera Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera recurvata Melander, 1947
SpeciesChelifera rhombicercus Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera scrotifera Melander, 1947  ⇒ Chelifera valida
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera serraticauda Engel, 1939
2Subspecies
SpeciesChelifera sheni Saigusa & Yang, 2003
SpeciesChelifera sichuanensis Wang, Lin & Yang, 2021
SpeciesChelifera sinensis Yang & Yang, 1995
SpeciesChelifera siveci Wagner, 1984
SpeciesChelifera spectra Vaillant, 1981
SpeciesChelifera stauderae Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 2004
SpeciesChelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
SpeciesChelifera stuprator Melander, 1947
SpeciesChelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
SpeciesChelifera subensifera Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera subnotata Macdonald, 1994
SpeciesChelifera tacita Collin, 1928
SpeciesChelifera tantula Collin, 1928
SpeciesChelifera thaica Horvat, 2002
SpeciesChelifera tibetensis Wang, Yan & Yang, 2014
SpeciesChelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
SpeciesChelifera valida Loew, 1862
SpeciesChelifera varix Melander, 1947
India mustard
SpeciesChelifera vicina Wagner, 2003
SpeciesChelifera vockerothi Vaillant & Chvala, 1973
SpeciesChelifera wagneri Horvat, 1990
SpeciesChelifera wangi Wang, Lin & Yang, 2021

Synonyms
Mantipeza (Rondani, 1856)
Polydromia (Bigot, 1857)
Thanategia (Melander, 1928)


Distribution of Chelifera Macquart, 1823
Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic South Africa, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan


Distribution on islands
Orkney Islands


Found in fossile formations
Wellington Formation


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