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Checklist for Family Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840 (Chloropid flies)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1473
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
73
1219
3058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
57
909
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
53
799
1799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
417
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Carnoidea
Newman, 1834
6
83
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChloropidae
Schoenherr, 1840
Chloropid flies, Eye flies, Eye Gnats, Frit Flies
67
120
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
67 Genera with 120 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Anacamptoneurum Becker, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Anatrichus Loew, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Anomoeoceros Lamb, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Anthracophagella Andersson, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Apallates Sabrosky, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphanotrigonum Duda, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Apotropina Hendel, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Aprometopis Becker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Arcuator Sabrosky, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Assuania Becker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Biorbitella Sabrosky, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Calamoncosis Enderlein, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Camarota Meigen, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Centorisoma Becker, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaetochlorops Malloch, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Chloropsina Becker, 198114SpeciesTaxom
Chromatopterum Becker, 19814SpeciesTaxom
Conioscinella Duda, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Coryphisoptron Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtomomyia Becker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Dactylothyrea De Meijere, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Dicraeus Loew, 19794SpeciesTaxom
Ectecephala Macquart, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Elachiptera Macquart, 19515SpeciesTaxom
Elachiptereicus Becker, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Epimadiza Becker, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Eugaurax Malloch, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Gaurax Loew, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Goniaspis Duda, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Hapleginella Duda, 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Heteroscinis Lamb, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Homops Speiser, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Lagaroceras Becker, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopleura Becker, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Lasiosina Becker, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Liohippelates Duda, 1929
Eye Gnats0SpeciesTaxom
Melanochaeta Bezzi, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Mepachymerus Speiser, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Meromyzella Andersson, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Metopostigma Becker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Mimosepsis Sabrosky, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Neoloxotaenia Sabrosky, 1964
0SpeciesTaxom
Nomba Walker, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Notaulacella Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Olcella Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Onychaspidium Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Oscinella Becker, 20035SpeciesTaxom
Oscinimorpha Lioy, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachylophus Loew, 190512SpeciesTaxom
Parectecephala Becker, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Platycephala Fallen, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Polyodaspis Duda, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphia Becker, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochromatopterum Deeming, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogaurax Malloch, 1989Parasitic Chloropid Fly7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopachychaeta Strobl, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Psilacrum Becker, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesiella Adams, 19055SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopterum Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Scoliophthalmus Becker, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Semaranga Becker, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Siphunculina Rondani, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Steleocerellus3SpeciesTaxom
Steleocerus Becker, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscinis Malloch, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Tricimba Lioy, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Tropidoscinis Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
120 Species
Anacamptoneurum obliquum Becker, 1903
Anomoeoceros punctulatus Becker, 1916
Anthracophagella politzari Deeming, 1981
Apotropina lachaisei Sabrosky, 1982
Aprometopis flavofacies Becker, 1910
Arcuator aburensis Sabrosky, 1985
Arcuator lindneri Sabrosky, 1985
Arcuator nigerensis Sabrosky, 1985
Arcuator opacus Becker, 1912
Arcuator stigmaticus Lamb, 1912
Assuania glabricollis Becker, 1910
Biorbitella nigronotata Duda, 1930
Calamoncosis (Calamoncosis) oscinella Becker, 1910
Camarota cylindrica Deeming, 1981
Chaetochlorops scutellaris Becker, 1916
Chloropsina acuticornis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina affulgens Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina crassipalpis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina gugae Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina ilaroensis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina litoralis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina mambillaensis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina medleri Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina ochrifrons Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina punctifacialis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina sulcicornis Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina sylvatica Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina tatabua Deeming, 1981
Chloropsina vesicata Deeming, 1981
Chromatopterum dimidiatum Deeming, 1981
Chromatopterum ghanaensis Deeming, 1981
Chromatopterum linguatum Seguy, 1957
Chromatopterum mirabilis Deeming, 1981
Conioscinella amabilis Becker, 1913
Cyrtomomyia punctulata Becker, 1912
Dactylothyrea leucopsis Bigot, 1891
Dicraeus ibadanensis Deeming, 1979
Dicraeus medleri Deeming, 1979
Dicraeus opacus Becker, 1910
Dicraeus pennisetivora Deeming, 1979
Elachiptera occipitalis Becker, 1910
Elachiptera punctulata (Becker, 1912)⇒ Cyrtomomyia punctulata Becker, 1912
Elachiptera sibirica Loew, 1858
Elachiptera simplicipes Becker, 1910
Elachiptera ugandae Sabrosky, 1951
Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913
Elachiptereicus angustigena Sabrosky, 1951
Epimadiza delattrei Seguy, 1953
Epimadiza fascipennis Sabrosky, 1945
Epimadiza gallicola Seguy, 1933
Epimadiza munroi Sabrosky, 1947
Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933
Epimadiza rugosa Meijere, 1906
Gaurax costaricanus Duda, 1930
Goniaspis obscurata Duda, 1930
Heteroscinis hystrix Seguy, 1957
Homops melichrysis Seguy, 1957
Lagaroceras annulatum Deeming, 1981
Lagaroceras distinctum Deeming, 1981
Lagaroceras nigroscutellatum Deeming, 1981
Lasiopleura gregalis Lamb, 1937
Melanochaeta flavofrontata Becker, 1903
Melanochaeta scapularis Adams, 1905
Melanochaeta vulgaris Adams, 1905
Mepachymerus baculus Speiser, 1910
Mepachymerus lentus Curran, 1928
Mepachymerus pachylophus Seguy, 1938
Meromyzella capensis Loew, 1860
Metopostigma tenuiseta Loew, 1860
Mimosepsis mallochi Sabrosky, 1951
Mimosepsis myrmecophila Deeming, 1976
Mimosepsis scutellaris Deeming, 1976
Oscinella acuticornis Becker, 1912
Oscinella aharoni Duda, 1933
Oscinella aharonii Duda, 1933
Oscinella chorii Deeming, 2003
Oscinella manni Deeming, 2003
Pachylophus beckeri Curran, 1928
Pachylophus femoratus Johnson, 1898
Pachylophus flavipes Lamb, 1917
Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905
Pachylophus halteratus Becker, 1910
Pachylophus inornatus Loew, 1860
Pachylophus lugens Loew, 1860
Pachylophus minimus Becker, 1914
Pachylophus nigeriensis Deeming, 2018
Pachylophus obscurior Becker, 1916
Pachylophus proximus Adams, 1905
Pachylophus varipes Adams, 1905
Platycephala scapularum Becker, 1907
Polyodaspis milii Seguy, 1946
Polyodaspis risbeci Seguy, 1946
Pseudochromatopterum rileyi Deeming, 1981
Pseudogaurax brevifacialis Boulard, Dee..., 1989
Pseudogaurax brunneus Cogan, 1977
Pseudogaurax dissimilipes Malloch, 1931
Pseudogaurax elachipteroides Sabrosky, 1945
Pseudogaurax longicornis Sabrosky, 1946
Pseudogaurax sicarius Lamb, 1937
Pseudogaurax taiensis Boulard, Dee..., 1989
Pseudopachychaeta pachycera Strobl, 1902
Psilacrum giganteum Enderlein, 1911
Rhodesiella divergens Malloch, 1931
Rhodesiella hexachaeta Nartshuk, 1965
Rhodesiella stipula Seguy, 1957
Rhodesiella subditica Lamb, 1937
Rhodesiella tarsalis Adams, 1905
Scoliophthalmus femoralis Becker, 1916
Scoliophthalmus femoratus Becker, 1916
Scoliophthalmus gyratus Seguy, 1941
Scoliophthalmus micantipennis Duda, 1935
Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903
Semaranga dorsocentralis Becker, 1911Fly
Siphunculina ornatifrons Loew, 1858
Steleocerellus latiseta Walker, 1871
Steleocerellus maltha Seguy, 1957
Steleocerellus singularis Becker, 1913
Stenoscinis arnos Malloch, 1929
Tricimba (Tricimba) lineella Fallen, 1820
Tricimba armata Seguy, 1938

Subnodes of Chloropidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyChloropinae
Rondani, 1856
Grass Flies
14
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOscinellinae
Becker, 1910
29
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRhodesiellinae
Andersson, 1977
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySiphonellopsinae
Duda, 1932
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Chloropidae (Schoenherr 1840)
Chloropidae (Schoenherr 1840)


Links, sources and further information
Chloropidae at artfakta.se
Chloropidae at dyntaxa.se
Chloropidae at gbif.org
Chloropidae at irmng.org
Chloropidae at itis.gov
Chloropidae at marinespecies.org