AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Leiini Edwards, 1925
and region Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
775
14516
48948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
773
14509
48939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
728
14308
48425
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
449
11411
41055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
117
2195
9542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
27
468
3294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
8
137
910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
7
132
846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
59
665
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySciophilinae
Edwards, 1809
32
305
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeiini
Edwards, 1925
8
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern South America
8 Genera with 47 Species
Docosia Winnertz, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Leia Meigen, 191029SpeciesTaxom
Leiella Enderlein, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Megophthalmidia Curran, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Paraleia Tonnoir, 19338SpeciesTaxom
Procycloneura Edwards, 19513SpeciesTaxom
Rondaniella Johannsen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Thoracotropis Freeman, 19511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
47 Species
Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000
Leia andirai Lane, 1950
Leia apinagei Lane, 1950
Leia arsona Hutson, 1978
Leia bilunula Wiedemann, 1828
Leia biparitta Lynch Arribá..., 1892
Leia dichroma Freeman, 1951
Leia diversipes Edwards, 1933
Leia elegans (Kertesz, 1902)⇒ Rondaniella dimidiata Meigen, 1804
Leia falculata Edwards, 1933
Leia fasciata (Kertesz, 1902)⇒ Leia arsona Hutson, 1978
Leia flavoscutellata Lynch Arribá..., 1892
Leia incompleta (Curran, 1928)⇒ Leia stonei Lane, 1958
Leia leucocera Edwards, 1933
Leia maculipennis (Freeman, 1951)⇒ Leia submaculipennis Freeman, 1954
Leia malleolus Freeman, 1954
Leia monoleuca Edwards, 1933
Leia nigricauda Edwards, 1933
Leia nigrospleniata Lynch Arribá..., 1892
Leia paranensis Edwards, 1933
Leia plaumanni Lane, 1959
Leia poeciloptera Philippi, 1865
Leia rufithorax Freeman, 1951
Leia schnusei Edwards, 1933
Leia setosicauda Edwards, 1933
Leia spinifera Edwards, 1933
Leia stonei Lane, 1958
Leia subfasciata Meigen, 1818
Leia submaculipennis Freeman, 1954
Leia truncatovenosa Enderlein, 1910
Leiella arnaudi Lane, 1962
Leiella distincta Freeman, 1951
Leiella zonalis Edwards, 1931
Megophthalmidia nigra Freeman, 1951
Paraleia castanea Freeman, 1951
Paraleia caudata Edwards, 1933
Paraleia cinerea Freeman, 1951
Paraleia falcigera Freeman, 1951
Paraleia funerea Freeman, 1951
Paraleia nephrodops Enderlein, 1938
Paraleia nubilipennis Walker, 1836
Paraleia peruviana Edwards, 1933
Procycloneura furcata Freeman, 1951
Procycloneura paranensis Edwards, 1932
Procycloneura similis Freeman, 1951
Rondaniella dimidiata Meigen, 1804
Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman, 1951


Links, sources and further information
Leiini at itis.gov