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Checklist of Superfamily Ephydroidea Zetterstedt, 1837
for Caribbean islands (Caribbean)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
643
11825
35784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
639
11810
35753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
614
11665
35378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
9246
28594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1478
4993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
72
1162
3481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
55
865
2379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
51
742
1919
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
38
370
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ephydroidea
Zetterstedt, 1837
3
76
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caribbean islands
3 Families width 290 Species and 1 Subspecies
Curtonotidae Duda, 1934Curtonotid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies168SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies119SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Ephydroidea with occurrences in Caribbean islands
FamilyCurtonotidae
Duda, 1934
Curtonotid flies, Quasimodo flies, Quasimodo fly
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDrosophilidae
Rondani, 1856
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Pomace flies, Small fruit flies, Vinegar And Fruit Flies, Vinegar flies
23
168
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEphydridae
Zetterstedt, 1837
Brine flies, Shore flies, shore flies & brine flies, shore fly, shore-flies
51
119
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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