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Checklist for Family Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856 (Fruit flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
925
2782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
566
1127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
52
475
879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
245
425
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ephydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
5
39
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDrosophilidae
Rondani, 1856
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Pomace flies, Small fruit flies
14
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
14 Genera with 37 Species
Amiota Loew, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Apenthecia Tsacas, 1983
0SpeciesTaxom
Chymomyza Czerny, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1960Fruit fly16SpeciesTaxom
Jeannelopsis Seguy, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Leucophenga Mik, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Lissocephala Malloch, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Microdrosophila Malloch, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Scaptodrosophila Duda, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Scaptomyza Hardy, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Stegana Meigen, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Tanyglossa Duda, 01SpeciesTaxom
Zaprionus Coquillett, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Zygothrica Wiedemann, 19901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
37 Species
Amiota (Amiota) leucostoma (Loew, 1862)⇒ Amiota alboguttata Wahlberg, 1839
Chymomyza bicolor Lamb, 1914
Drosophila (Dorsilopha) busckii (Cocquillett, 1901)⇒ Drosophila busckii Cocquillett, 1901
Drosophila (Drosophila) funebris Fabricius, 1787Large vinegar fly
Drosophila (Drosophila) hydei Sturtevant, 1921Horse chestnut
Drosophila (Drosophila) immigrans Sturtevant, 1921Horse chestnut
Drosophila (Drosophila) montana Stone, Griff..., 1941
Drosophila (Drosophila) repleta Wollaston, 1858False gilia
Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans Sturtevant, 1919Apaac
Drosophila (Sophophora) sycophaga Bigot, 1888
Drosophila (Sophophora) sycophila Tsacas, 1981
Drosophila adamsi Wheeler, 1959
Drosophila affinis Sturtevant, 1916
Drosophila dentissima Bock & Wheeler, 1972
Drosophila falleni Wheeler, 1960
Drosophila neotestacea Grimaldi, Ja..., 1992
Drosophila punctatonervosa Frey, 1954
Drosophila recens Wheeler, 1960
Jeannelopsis zophoptera Tsacas, 1990
Leucophenga mansura Adams, 1905
Leucophenga repletoides Bachli, 1971
Leucophenga subpollinosa Meijere, 1914
Lissocephala bergi Chassagnard ..., 1997
Microdrosophila (Microdrosophila) congesta Zetterstedt, 1847
Scaptodrosophila anthia Okada & Carson, 1982
Scaptodrosophila latifasciaeformis Duda, 1940
Scaptomyza (Parascaptomyza) oxyphallus Tsacas, 1990
Scaptomyza (Parascaptomyza) pallida Zetterstedt, 1847Pomace Fly
Scaptomyza (Scaptomyza) graminum Fallen, 1823Imported cabbage leaf miner
Scaptomyza pygaea Tsacas, 1990
Stegana varipes Tsacas, 1990
Tanyglossa variegata
Zaprionus (Zaprionus) indianus Gupta, 1970African Fig Fly
Zaprionus (Zaprionus) tuberculatus Malloch, 1932
Zaprionus sepsoides Duda, 1939
Zaprionus vittiger Coquillett, 1901
Zygothrica zaprionides Tsacas, 1990

Subnodes of Drosophilidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyDrosophilinae
Rondani, 1856
9
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySteganinae
Duda, 1926
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Drosophilidae (Rondani 1856)
Drosophilidae (Rondani 1856)


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